I've been thinking about world initial pr consontal clusters. In my RP ish accent I seem, especially when using emphasis, to do some bilabial trill and then perhaps a labio-detal approximant (as the majority of my [r]s tend to be). Is this a feature noticed by others?
2006-12-31 07:10:19 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I've not noticed it in others, and I don't think I make a bilabial trill. Maybe it's the aspiration after the P that is a bit exaggerated in emphasis, that might sound like a trill?
2006-12-31 07:24:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
bilabial thrill?? I think I don't understand what kind of sound you mean, but I can't immagine it but as something utterly funny, like saing /ppppppp/ at a very high frequency.
A labio dental approximant would be what? an / v / or / f / semivowels????? So I guess I'm clueless as to what you mean.
To pronounce the usual PR /pr/ you put your tongue in the retroflex /r/ position and then say /p/, or you may use an alveolar flap like an spanish r, which sounds a little foreign but is very commonly heard an used by older RP speakers.
2006-12-31 11:21:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What? You are doing a raspberry when prissily pronouncing problematic word-initial /pr/? Mister Ed would do that, I guess - but then: a horse is a horse, of course, of course ;-)
2006-12-31 14:20:10 · answer #3 · answered by Sterz 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know what you mean. I haven't noticed it myself or anyone else doing it, but I wasn't looking for it before. I can imagine someone saying "proper" in this way.
2006-12-31 11:04:15 · answer #4 · answered by Mike 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋