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From: rte@elmo.lz.att.com (Ralph T. Edwards)
Subject: Re: Acquiring a trilled R
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In article <3n50vt$ql1@news.cerf.net>, fido@cyberverse.com (Fido) wrote:

> Does anyone have any advice for acquiring a trilled "r" as heard in 
> Spanish?  I can manage the French "r", but haven't been able to get my 
> tongue to do the Spanish "r" yet!  Any advice would be appreciated.
> 
> -- Fido

Say three with your teeth close together. (Assuming English is your native
language, it's hard to tell with no name but Fido.)

Actually I have a hard time saying thr- words without flapping or trilling
the r.
