En réponse à Raymond Brown <ray.brown@...>:
>
> Not an old priest, fairly young in fact - where he was born, I don't
> know.
> Maybe he'd found the full trill carried better in a large church when
> preaching; it's seems to be that trills, whether apical or uvular are
> good
> at carrying over long distances.
>
That's very possible! It's been a while since I attended a mass, but I do
remember as a child that I found the priests' way of talking quite strange,
possibly because they used sounds I was not used to :)) . Maybe they learn the
uvular trill in seminary :)) .
>
> I see - nothing in excess - the 'via media'. Thinks: you're from
> Normandy
> - so it was your lot that brought that trait across here in 1066 :)
>
:))))
Christophe.
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