Re: [tied] Stative/Perfect; Indo-European /r/

From: david_russell_watson
Message: 36576
Date: 2005-03-02

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "aquila_grande" <aquila_grande@...>
wrote:
>
> I need some advice: My son has got a girlfriend that uses UVULAR
> R. As a firm believer in the traditional apical trill, I find
> it mandatory to deuvularize her speach and hinder my comming
> grandchildren from picking up this uvular sound. Does anybody
> have any advice of what i can do?

Mind your own business, if your son and girlfriend are 18+.
If that proves impossible to do, then instead make yourself
readily available for babysitting duty, and excercize your
influence on your grandchildren through example.

David