Re: retroflex consonants (r dept)

Roger Mills scripsit:

> I (and maybe you) get a definite retroflexed POA for /l/ in the sequence
> /-rl/ (pearl vs. pull, Moll vs. marl), likewise for /-rld/ (world, furled
> etc)-- whereas the affect is less noticeable with /-rt, -rd/.
Whereas I move the apex upward to the alveolar ridge while enunciating "rl".

> Finally, there is an announcer on NPR (he comes on usually after the hourly
> newscast, saying "Support for NPR comes from...." or "This is NPR")-- his
> "R" is very exaggerated, though his accent is otherwise standard.
What do you mean by "exaggerated"?

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