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To: PGR88

RE: I imagine she’s thinking of Japanese...

Can’t be, she’s making fun of those who can’t pronounce the letter ‘r’.

The Japanese language on the other hand, has no ‘l’ sound.


21 posted on 02/04/2015 10:27:47 AM PST by SeekAndFind (If at first you don't succeed, put it out for beta test.)
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To: SeekAndFind
The Japanese have a sound that's about half way between L and R which they use for both. But it sounds like an L when they are saying R and an R when they are trying to say L.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perception_of_/r/_and_/l/_by_Japanese_speakers

Although I make the same "rots of ruck" joke, I just imagine what I sound like if I tried some tonal language like Chinese. I can't even get something "simple" like a Spanish trilled R rrrrrright.

22 posted on 02/04/2015 10:52:54 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Darth Obama on 529 plans: I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further.)
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