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

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "david_russell_watson"
<liberty@...> wrote:

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> --- 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

This was just a little joke. Also my remarks of the influence of the
Inuits upon the Danes was ment as a joke, even though the Inuit
language actually is heavily uvularized.