> From: "A.K. Eyma" <ayma@...>
> Subject: Re: Alveloa
>
> What is "mainstream RP"?

Generally, the stereotypical "British accent" of English.

> From: "A.K. Eyma" <ayma@...>
> Subject: Re: err
>
> >In my 1979 IPA table, the uvular flap AND uvular trill both are given

with a capital R?

> >Outdated? So I did not know what you meant with small cap r:
>
> is that in the present IPA chart (on the Net), the uvular flap R

disappeared?

Apparently. My IPA chart hasn't got an uvular flap.

> I see that with small cap r you mean what I would call capital R:

Well, it's a small capital R. There is no actual capital R in the IPA.

> >>This [R] sound (the IPA symbol is a small cap R) is heard in some

substandard varieties

> of French (Edith Piaf often used it)
> >>If there is no vibration at all, but the back of the tongue approaches

the uvula, we can

> get a uvular voiced fricative or approximant (the latter if there is no

sound of

> friction). Both are symbolised in the IPA with an upside-down small cap R;

here let's use

> [R/] for easier reference (let's say that / = "upside-down").<<
>
> ***In the IPA chart, there's no R/ under approximant?

Right. There is, apparently, no uvular approximant sign at all.

*Muke!