Now that’s a tongue twister I’d like anyone to master ( with the up and down sound in Mandarin to boost ).
But my point is this Kirchner is ignorant. Mandarin DOES have the ‘r’ sound and people who speak it CAN pronounce the ‘r’ sound.
For instance in Chinese,
MEAT is Rou.
Hot is Re.
Software is Ruan Jian.
They all have the ‘R’ sound.
Maybe she’s making fun of those who speak Cantonese.
I imagine she's thinking of Japanese...