Ray Brown wrote:
>> I have what I consider the "usual American R". Not a trill, not a roll,
>> not a flap; it's [V] with the tongue pushed back and up, giving it that
>> particular arry sound. :)
>Then I admire your lingual dexterity in differentiating the initial >sounds of
>_write_ and _rite_. I can manage that only if using a >trilled /r/ which is
>just fine in Welsh _Wrecsam_ but would sound >hopelessly affected in my
>south-east English accent. :)
Hm. What's the problem with w plus the Merkin ar? ;) I guess I can't complain: I
am now having some trouble getting a trilled ar to go after a w. I end up with
/ur/, like in "burro" but without the b.
Padraic.
>Ray.