Re: [tied] W's in Swedish??

> Harald:
> >I have noticed though that more than a few people Ostergotland
> > >(mid-south-east of Sweden) use /w/ for their usual uvular r's as
> >in /wa"kor/ for /ra"kor/ meaning "shrimp".
>
> Uvular r?? My gramma definitely never used uvulars. She lightly
> trilled her r's, sometimes sounding like simple taps. You mean
> there are uvular r's in Swedish too? Man, uvulars really get
> AROUND in Europe, don't they :)

Oh yes, the whole tip south of say Halmstad speaks with uvular r's. Since
it's the part closest to the continent one can speculate it's due to
areal influence (I'm sure this has been settled though in someone's
research). Like you say, uvular r's are conquering the whole continent,
maybe Spain will be the last outpost :-)

mvh

Harald