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Re: Chinese Dialect Question

From:Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...>
Date:Friday, October 3, 2003, 16:23
At 22:36 2.10.2003, Andreas Johansson wrote:


>Well, there is one reason for worry; I've been hearing uvular "R" on and off >all my life from people from southern Sweden (incl my father when he's in >dialect mode) without picking it up. Still, that's no reason for giving up >trying; it's not like I've been doing any major attempts to master it before.
There are actually perfectly native German speakers who use [r], so don't you worry. My mom drove her GFrench teacher mad by being unable to pronounce [R], and she ìs German! /BP 8^) -- B.Philip Jonsson mailto:melrochX@melroch.se (delete X) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~__ A h-ammen ledin i phith! \ \ __ ____ ____ _____________ ____ __ __ __ / / \ \/___ \\__ \ /___ _____/\ \\__ \\ \ \ \\ \ / / / / / / / \ / /Melroch\ \_/ // / / // / / / / /___/ /_ / /\ \ / /Gaestan ~\_ // /__/ // /__/ / /_________//_/ \_\/ /Eowine __ / / \___/\_\\___/\_\ Gwaedhvenn Angeliniel\ \______/ /a/ /_h-adar Merthol naun ~~~~~~~~~Kuinondil~~~\________/~~\__/~~~Noolendur~~~~~~ || Lenda lenda pellalenda pellatellenda kuivie aiya! || "A coincidence, as we say in Middle-Earth" (JRR Tolkien)

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