Re: YAEPT alert! [Re: Not phonetic but ___???]

Hi!

"Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...> writes:
>...
> The symbol [r\] represents the usual American English "r"
> sound, which is an approximant ...
Does it?  Is that not a simplification of the correct [r\`], i.e.,
retroflex?  An *alveolar* approximant sounds different to me.  I know
at least one (small) region in Germany were they seem to pronounce
German /r/ as [r\], but that is not [r\`].  It may be close, but not
the same.  For 'cure', it should be [kjr\`=], no?  And for 'error', it
may be [Er\`=:].

If this starts yet another YAEPsubT, so be it.  I want to know! :-)

**Henrik

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