Re: Scientist's etymology vs. scientific etymology

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Andrew Jarrette" <anjarrette@...> wrote:

> > All Danish dialects have had apical /r/ in historical times, uvular
> > /R/ is now the norm everywhere.
> >
> And that is solely due to the influence of French?
>

Indirectly, German is the direct source here.
I've that some circles in 18th century Russia uewd uvular /R/ too.


Torsten