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From: HOLGER.LAUX@BRIS.AC.UK (Holger Laux)
Subject: Re: The English "R" for Germans
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Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 17:41:35 GMT
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davidg@montana.com (David Gross) wrote:

>Hi,

>I am a German exchange student in America and have, like every
>"Kraut", extreme problems to pronounce the English "r". 
>Is anybody able to explain the theory (where to put the tongue,
>what it is supposed to feel like, etc) to me?
>It would help a lot.

>David

Press the side edges of your tongue towards your upper teeth and then
roll the tip of your tongue up and backwards. The further you roll
your tongue back the more "American" it sounds.

Holger - living in Britain    :-)

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>davidg@montana.com, http://www.montana.com/loyola/david/english.html

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