In a message dated 11/18/00 3:44:29 AM Eastern Standard Time, linda@f... writes: linda@f... writes:
<< ... a purr in the back of the throat, like a cat. I could control it very well, and produce it at any pitch or intensity - but it still wasn't a proper rolled r with the tongue. >>
I think you were making a European Portuguese sound, Linda. When my neighbor saw me loaded down with bags from the store, it took me a while to realize what she was saying I was when she told me I was encarrrrrrrrrrrrregada. But then I've heard a Bahian (Brazil) radio announcer do both the gargle and the roll within the same double "rr" in the name of a district in Salvador, "Barra."
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