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Re: Futurese

From:Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>
Date:Saturday, May 11, 2002, 17:32
Javier wrote:
>Of course, and the Chinese have nothing in their mouths >that makes impossible for them to pronounce an "r". I've >heard many Chinese people here in Spain that pronounce >our r's very well. It's just a matter of imitating >what they hear.
That's just 'cos [r] is one of those pesky phones that're easy to hear! There are plenty of people who have trouble hearing (in the sense consciously perceive) certain sounds - perhaps most typically [h] and/or [?]. I myself have trouble hearing the glottal stop. Andreas _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx