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

From: Glen Gordon
Message: 7667
Date: 2001-06-17

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 :)

- gLeN
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