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Re: Rating Languages

From:D Tse <exponent@...>
Date:Tuesday, September 25, 2001, 6:54
David Peterson <DigitalScream@A...> wrote:
> yl112@C... writes:
<< It sounds like you've got the trill right, it's just that you're making it voiceless. :) Voice that sucker! Rosa, perro, correr! -David >> Actually, I have a friend who posted one or two messages here, and is either lurking, or continuing with his life ;) who has been plagued with the curse of being able to produce an unvoiced apical alveolar trill, but not being able to voice it! It's very perplexing, when he tries to voice it it goes all awry. It actually sounds like he's articulating it a bit further back from the alveolar ridge than normal, but I can articulate it like that and still voice it. Anyhoo, could there be an explanation? :P Imperative