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From: rte@elmo.lz.att.com (Ralph T. Edwards)
Subject: Re: Brazil v. Portugal
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In article <Pine.A32.3.91.951010142455.92943B-100000@spider.usp.br>,
Antonio Cardoso Neto <acardoso@spider.usp.br> wrote:


> 3)- Pronunciation of R.
...
> 3.3)After a vowel and before a consonant, it is pronounced as in english 
> in the countryside of Sao Paulo, South of Minas Gerais, Parana and Mato 
> Grosso do Sul.

Which English?  There are at least 4 different English pronunciations for
an r after a vowel and before a consonant.

1. Retroflex r in noncoastal N. America (all of Canada) and the north and
west of England and in Ireland.

2.-3. :(lengthening) or /@/ in coastal US (east and gulf coasts) and most of
England, depending on vowel. part /pA:t/, pert /p@:t/, port /pO:t/, paired
/pE@d/, feared /fI@d/, toured /tU@d/.

4. Something else in Scotland, best described by a Scot.  (Swallowed rolled r?).

And there may be more.  I think the uvular R is used somewhere.

-- 
R.T.Edwards rte@elmo.att.com 908 576-3031
