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30 Jul 2011, 6:42 pm

I don't know if it's because I've been in Turkey for so long. But I often pronounce it as an "R" on accident. It's annoying.



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30 Jul 2011, 6:46 pm

I've always had trouble with "W" and "R" I get them mixed up.



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30 Jul 2011, 6:49 pm

Don't really have any trouble with it both the english and german W


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30 Jul 2011, 6:50 pm

like jonathan ross?



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30 Jul 2011, 6:52 pm

When I was little I had speech problems and couldn't say my R's--they came out pronounced as W's.



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30 Jul 2011, 6:52 pm

not in english but puertorican spanish is known by skipping some Rs for Ls



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30 Jul 2011, 7:03 pm

There are plenty of words I avoid simply because I can't pronounce them correctly. Unfortunately, I also have a very poor memory, so I can't think of any examples to list.



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30 Jul 2011, 7:06 pm

I always say like, Walrus: ralrus. >.>



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30 Jul 2011, 7:07 pm

Jory wrote:
There are plenty of words I avoid simply because I can't pronounce them correctly. Unfortunately, I also have a very poor memory, so I can't think of any examples to list.

Me too. My worst words are "world" and "girl", I always struggle to say them. Occasionally I mix up "r" with "l" and vice versa (like saying "youl" for "your") and sometimes "r" with "w". I have no idea why I have so much trouble with them, and so far I have no theories. :?

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not in english but puertorican spanish is known by skipping some Rs for Ls


I've read that quite a few people in Central America have speech impediments where they can't make taps or trills (or can't easily), and tend to use an "r" that's more like in English, because of a malformed tongue, like this singer for example. Likewise, when speaking a language with taps and/or trills, I can have trouble with them.



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30 Jul 2011, 7:39 pm

Jory wrote:
There are plenty of words I avoid simply because I can't pronounce them correctly. Unfortunately, I also have a very poor memory, so I can't think of any examples to list.


Same here! I have trouble with Rs and Ls especially. Sometimes the coffee shop I got to has "Willard's Old Flame" as the name of their light roast coffee and I end up just ordering something different because "Willard's" is too daunting of a word for me to say. :oops:


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30 Jul 2011, 8:28 pm

FearOfMusic wrote:
Jory wrote:
There are plenty of words I avoid simply because I can't pronounce them correctly. Unfortunately, I also have a very poor memory, so I can't think of any examples to list.


Same here! I have trouble with Rs and Ls especially. Sometimes the coffee shop I got to has "Willard's Old Flame" as the name of their light roast coffee and I end up just ordering something different because "Willard's" is too daunting of a word for me to say. :oops:


the "coffee shop" you go to, eh? :wink:


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30 Jul 2011, 8:34 pm

kra17 wrote:
FearOfMusic wrote:
Jory wrote:
There are plenty of words I avoid simply because I can't pronounce them correctly. Unfortunately, I also have a very poor memory, so I can't think of any examples to list.


Same here! I have trouble with Rs and Ls especially. Sometimes the coffee shop I got to has "Willard's Old Flame" as the name of their light roast coffee and I end up just ordering something different because "Willard's" is too daunting of a word for me to say. :oops:


the "coffee shop" you go to, eh? :wink:


Huh? I'm confused...


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30 Jul 2011, 8:41 pm

FearOfMusic wrote:
kra17 wrote:
FearOfMusic wrote:
Jory wrote:
There are plenty of words I avoid simply because I can't pronounce them correctly. Unfortunately, I also have a very poor memory, so I can't think of any examples to list.


Same here! I have trouble with Rs and Ls especially. Sometimes the coffee shop I got to has "Willard's Old Flame" as the name of their light roast coffee and I end up just ordering something different because "Willard's" is too daunting of a word for me to say. :oops:


the "coffee shop" you go to, eh? :wink:


Huh? I'm confused...


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_coffee_shop
There you go.


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30 Jul 2011, 8:41 pm

Nope, I don't have a problem with it.



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30 Jul 2011, 8:50 pm

kra17 wrote:
FearOfMusic wrote:
kra17 wrote:
FearOfMusic wrote:
Jory wrote:
There are plenty of words I avoid simply because I can't pronounce them correctly. Unfortunately, I also have a very poor memory, so I can't think of any examples to list.


Same here! I have trouble with Rs and Ls especially. Sometimes the coffee shop I got to has "Willard's Old Flame" as the name of their light roast coffee and I end up just ordering something different because "Willard's" is too daunting of a word for me to say. :oops:


the "coffee shop" you go to, eh? :wink:


Huh? I'm confused...


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_coffee_shop
There you go.


Oh... we don't have those kinds of coffee shops here. Just the kinds that serve coffee!


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30 Jul 2011, 9:03 pm

Spazzergasm wrote:
I always say like, Walrus: ralrus. >.>


Aww!