Re: Pronunciation of "r" - again?

>MHG bruoder, muoter > NHG Bruder, Mutter

Even today, in South-German dialects, the pronunciation is
almost the same [brw@...@, mw@...@/mw@...@]. In Bavarian-Austrian
transcriptions <ua>, in Suebian and Alemanian ones the
spelling <uë> is preferred.

>>>>Plus spellings like "ough" with its myriad pronunciations.

Cf. <enough> with Ger. <genug> with the Northern, "Frankish",
pronunciation [je'nux]

George