Re: Another new lang
| From: | Herman Miller <hmiller@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, February 22, 2000, 2:51 |
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On Mon, 21 Feb 2000 21:49:20 +0100, Irina Rempt <ira@...>
wrote:
>I have; when I was in North Wales trying to learn Welsh I was
>complimented on my mastery of it. They're used to English speakers
>who can't seem to learn [R] or [?] (whatever you spell it as in IPA,
>I write it "[devoiced R]" in the ASCII-IPA representation of
>Valdyan). I happen to have a natural uvular 'r' :-)
The uvular r is THE hardest sound for me to pronounce. At one time, way
back when I was learning German, I practiced it enough to be able to use it
in German words (not in French, since I learned French several years
before!), but these days I'm out of practice. Even Klingon "Q" is easier.
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