From: tgpedersen
Message: 63541
Date: 2009-03-01
>That is wonderful news. Now you just have to prove that Baltimore was
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@> wrote:
>
> 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 theseWe don't. Stations here probably find it too local.
> strong retroflex r's is Fred Elliott, in case you might get and/or
> watch the program in Denmark.