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Thread #160334 Message #3802960
Posted By: leeneia
31-Jul-16 - 11:35 PM
Thread Name: singing with american accents
Subject: RE: singing with american accents
There are at least 3 R sounds.
The scratchy, voiced sound in the back of the throat: as in 'harsh' or 'red'.
The trilled sound as in 'three' or in Irish or Scottish. English speakers the world over may trill the R after th, especially in 'three.'
The inaudible R, as in posh English accents or some American southern accents, where the letter is avoided after a vowel. (Then they make up for it by putting R where it doesn't belong, as in 'area-r.')
There's a comedian who does monologues told by working-class black man named Cla'ance. Some people haven't figured out that Cla'ance is Clarence.
Does anybody know of any other R sounds?