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Is the English R a freak of nature? | ||
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| numerodix Trilingual Hexaglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 6593 days ago 856 posts - 1226 votes  Speaks: EnglishC2*, Norwegian*, Polish*, Italian, Dutch, French Studies: Portuguese, Mandarin | Message 1 of 6 28 January 2011 at 2:54pm | IP Logged |
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For a long time I thought English was the only language that pronounces the R that way.
But maybe it's not as unique as it seems? Do you know of any others? (Dutch kind of has it too, in some accents, but the Dutch R is something of a buffet with different variants, you'll hear the same person use different Rs in a single sentence.) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
 newyorkeric Diglot Moderator Singapore Joined 6189 days ago 1598 posts - 2174 votes Speaks: English*, Italian Studies: Mandarin, Malay Personal Language Map | Message 2 of 6 28 January 2011 at 3:00pm | IP Logged |
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There have been some threads on this. See here and here.
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| mrwarper Diglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member Spain forum_posts.asp?TID=Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5036 days ago 1493 posts - 2500 votes Speaks: Spanish*, EnglishC2 Studies: German, Russian, Japanese | Message 3 of 6 30 January 2011 at 4:01pm | IP Logged |
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Just a suggestion for links: why not use the thread title as text instead of simple anchors like 'here'?. You have bothered to locate the other threads anyway, so it would be even more useful. Example:
See "Do any other languages use an English R?" and "American English "R" sound". Edit: Add this response to Eric's response. Of course. Hard work pays off in the long term; laziness always pays off NOW :) OK, just another suggestion (these are not intended as a criticism or something - just trying to help): with several tabs open I can copy a tab URL to the clipboard and still have the title displayed so I can type it without copy&paste. Obviously we know what these 'here' links are about, but the titles help to better identify the linked threads beforehand. Edited by mrwarper on 31 January 2011 at 3:58am 8 persons have voted this message useful | |
| newyorkeric Diglot Moderator Singapore Joined 6189 days ago 1598 posts - 2174 votes Speaks: English*, Italian Studies: Mandarin, Malay Personal Language Map | Message 4 of 6 31 January 2011 at 3:25am | IP Logged |
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Because once you open up the link interface you can only paste one time, and I'm too lazy to write down the thread titles and type them in manually when it is obvious what those "here" threads are about. Edited by newyorkeric on 31 January 2011 at 3:26am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| newyorkeric Diglot Moderator Singapore Joined 6189 days ago 1598 posts - 2174 votes Speaks: English*, Italian Studies: Mandarin, Malay Personal Language Map | Message 5 of 6 31 January 2011 at 7:57am | IP Logged |
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No good deed goes unpunished...
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| RealJames Diglot Newbie Japan realizeenglish.com/ Joined 4934 days ago 37 posts - 42 votes Speaks: French, English* Studies: Japanese | Message 6 of 6 05 February 2011 at 5:17am | IP Logged |
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lol no it doesn't, but for the record I appreciate it!
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