Re: Close-by r difficult?

On Mar 16, 11:43 am, Ruud Harmsen wrote:
Although I normally don't have any difficulty with the English r (in a
non-rhotic pronunciation style, that is), I find the two r's in the
word "protrusion" quite difficult, probably because they are so close
to each other.
Is this word also hard to pronounce for native speakers (or other
foreigners), or is it just me?

No problem. I keep my lips rounded through the first two syllables.
(I'm rhotic, but not a triller.)

A similar difficulty seems to underlie the Who's 1973 album
_Quadrophenia_. At the end of the kid's narrative inside the front
album cover he says "Schizophrenic? I'm Bleeding Quadrophenic." I
don't know whether this dissimilative loss of the second /r/ is
supposed to indicate dialect or a personal speech defect. Of course,
it is regular in Sp. <propio> and the like.

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