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

From: aquila_grande
Message: 36564
Date: 2005-03-02

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?


By the way, the Inuits in Greenland are heavily users of uvular R in
their language. I am sure the Danish uvular R is from massive Inuit
influence, since Greenland got under Danish administration.