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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...> wrote:
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Incidentally Torsten I just spoke on the phone with my sister, who has
been to Cornwall and Devon in England where she heard the people there
speaking with r's much the same as in Canada or the U.S., i.e. in
syllable-final position. She couldn't be sure whether they were
retroflex because she does not have training in phonetics, but when I
described retroflex pronunciation she thought that was probably what
she heard. Also the character on "Coronation Street" who uses these
strong retroflex r's is Fred Elliott, in case you might get and/or
watch the program in Denmark.
Andrew