Re: y sound

John Cowan wrote:

> David Barrow scripsit:
>
> > fabol?  fabor maybe, but fabol? I'm not aware of any Spanish speaker who would
> > confuse l and r
>
> Definitely.  I suspect the last sound is either [w] or [a] with the
> non-syllabic diacritic (inverted breve below), like German "-r".
>
Like a non-rhotic Spanish accent? You say you often see these signs, where? what
country? what do the rest of the signs say?

David Barrow

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