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From: deb5@woodlawn.uchicago.edu (Daniel von Brighoff)
Subject: Re: Uvular 'r' (and American R)
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In article <adh.68.0008BACF@cx.dnv.no> adh@cx.dnv.no (Arne Dehli Halvorsen) writes:

>I think the american R may be called retroflex, like certain Indian t's and 
>d's and the Norwegian retroflex (or cacuminal sp?) flap. Others may know 
>better.

I should remember my phonetics better, but I believe it's called a
"retroflex appoximate" (I really hope I didn't just invent that second
word).  The Mandarin sound is similar, but it's actually some sort of
voiced fricative.  It's also retroflex.

Sorry to be so tentative...

Da

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