Re: [tied] R's

--- In cybalist@..., "Glen Gordon" <glengordon01@...> wrote:

>
> >Which is all. This surprised me, I thought based on what I hear

that apical

> >/r/ was exclusive to Jutland. Brøndum-Nielsen's sources are from

1885-1920.

>
> Hmm, which explains why my Swedish gramma used an apical /r/ (her
> pronunciation was probably historically conservative). Nifty cool!
>
> - gLeN
>
>

Sorry to interrupt your transcendental pleasure:) Uvular /r/ never
reached as far north as Stockholm. Even today they use apical /r/
(further north, in Norrland, you find an apical trill).

Torsten