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Re:Why Arabic Is Terrific (2011) by acifani on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @05:51PM (#20289598)
There's a (not so) fine difference between the rolled/trilled R [1] and the guttural/uvular R [2]. The former is indeed produced by vibrating the tongue

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dental,_alveolar_and_postalveo...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guttural_R

Re:Why Arabic Is Terrific (2011) by yorwba on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @06:05PM (#20289720)
I notice you don't link the Wikipedia page about the rolled R [1], probably because it contradicts you. There are many kinds of rhotic trills and the guttural R (aka uvular trill) is one of them.

Another fun trill is the bilabial one [2], like imitating a fart with your lips. It doesn't really qualify as a rolled R, though.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolled_R

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilabial_trill

Re:Why Arabic Is Terrific (2011) by thaumasiotes on Thursday June 27, 2019 @03:33AM (#20292428)
> Another fun trill is the bilabial one [2], like imitating a fart with your lips.

The normal (American) English term for this is "raspberry".

Re:Why Arabic Is Terrific (2011) by hinkley on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @06:36PM (#20289978)
> guttural/uvular

That’s the stuff. Thanks for the vocab lesson. And look at that map. Most of northern and Central Europe is a guttural r.

You trilled R motherfuckers in French class ignored your poor teachers’ pained expressions for years, while the rest of us wanted to go up, pat them, and say it’s okay, we share your pain.

Apparently I have some unresolved hostilities toward some people who got A’s but had disastrous pronunciation.