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Re: The letter R

From:Raymond A. Brown <raybrown@...>
Date:Friday, March 26, 1999, 22:01
At 4:35 pm -0500 26/3/99, Brian Betty wrote:
>Ed Heil wrote: "Speaking of French Rs, as I remember, Haitian French/Creole >seemed to me to change the uvular R to a labial approximant (w), so that it >took me forever to realize that the fellow whose name was pronounced >"On-Wee" was "Henri."" > >Haitian Creole actually DOES change the r > w. In voudoun, great spirit >lords are referred to as "gwan ange," ie. Great Angels ... >
Sort of like Elmer Fludd :) Ray.