Re: The "u" and "v" in older written English is confvsing

On May 20, 11:39 pm, Ruud Harmsen <realemailons...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Tue, 20 May 2008 18:18:48 -0700 (PDT): "ranjit_math...@xxxxxxxxx"
<ranjit_math...@xxxxxxxxx>: in sci.lang:

Professor Peter Druschel (he has a German accent and German name) at
Rice University pronounces the <Dr> in his name rather like a Russian
would pronounce it. Another (Swiss) German's name on his answering
machine has him pronouncing the <Tr> in his surname the same way.

In Swiss German, and German with a Swiss accent, both apical and
uvular r's exits. Both tend to be rolled. Evidence here:http://www.listenlive.eu/switzerland.html

I've heard "Bern" with a trilled uvular and Truempy with a trilled
dental, both from Swiss Germans. (ue is u with an umlaut). If r is
trilled in frish, perhaps the reason why it sounds different is that
it's coarticulated with f.

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Ruud Harmsen

http://rudhar.com

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