Re: Learning a language

From: Ruud Harmsen (realemailseesite01_at_rudhar.com)
Date: 06/30/04 

Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 17:25:40 +0200

30 Jun 2004 14:01:48 GMT: uiesperanto@aol.com (Dmitri): in sci.lang:

>Maybe because you were taught that it's "the French 'r'"? A friend of mine is
>a native Arabic speaker, and he thinks of it as the voiced counterpart of "kh"
>(ghayn in arabic).

Not so strange. European Portugese pronounce the Spanish "Gil" as
"Ril". It's their best imitation. 

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