Re: [lojban-beginners] Tap 'r'

[Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>]

On Friday 09 July 2010 15:55:16 Tizz wrote:
>   Is it okay to make 'r' into a tap rather than an apprixamant?  I
> just think a tap if more beautiful.  Take for example karce. /kaɾʃɛ/
> is way more beautiful than /kaɹʃɛ/.  Sometimes when I pronounce it
> with a an approximant i end up pronouncing it as /kɑ˞ ʃɛ/ which is
> really ugly IMO.

I always pronounce "r" as a tap, flap, or trill, except when it's syllabic or 
preceded by 'x' ("xr" comes out as a voiceless simultaneous trill and gargle, 
so it's still trilled, and "xrx" - well that would take too long to explain 
and ...) or in a foreign name. It is quite okay to pronounce it as a tap.

Pierre

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lo ponse be lo mruli po'o cu ga'ezga roda lo ka dinko

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