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ILuvEire (Rodyti profilį) 2008 m. balandis 6 d. 02:22:13
I've a question about the letter "r" is Esperanto. Is it pronounced like the spanish r (with a tap) or trilled like the spanish "rr"? I have heard it pronounced both ways.
Danki!
(sorry about posting it in the wrong section!)
awake (Rodyti profilį) 2008 m. balandis 6 d. 04:20:30
These are all considered acceptable variations. The one thing that is not permissible is to drop the r as some dialects of english do. For example, in Boston you'll sometimes hear car pronounced as cah (r sound dropped).
ILuvEire:Saluton!
I've a question about the letter "r" is Esperanto. Is it pronounced like the spanish r (with a tap) or trilled like the spanish "rr"? I have heard it pronounced both ways.
Danki!
(sorry about posting it in the wrong section!)
黄鸡蛋 (Rodyti profilį) 2008 m. balandis 12 d. 09:27:59
awake: The one thing that is not permissible is to drop the r as some dialects of english do. For example, in Boston you'll sometimes hear car pronounced as cah (r sound dropped).Is it a "dialect" or standard British English that drops the r? I believe it's standard British English. It isn't related to the topic, though.
guyjohnston (Rodyti profilį) 2008 m. balandis 12 d. 14:07:03
黄鸡蛋:Is it a "dialect" or standard British English that drops the r? I believe it's standard British English. It isn't related to the topic, though.I don't think there's anything actually called "standard British English" in terms of accent and pronunciation as there's a lot of different ones, but I think an accent which drops the 'r' is called a "non-rhotic" one - see this Wikipedia article. Some accents in the UK are rhotic and some aren't. There's even a map of England on that page showing the differences within English accents.