Re:Hack your anatomy: How To Whistle Loudly
by euccastro on Thursday October 02, 2008 @07:07PM
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Except there are no words in Spanish that end with a rolled r.
Not quite true. If a word ends in an r and the speaker is thinking about what to say next, he may in fact roll the r. Think about this sentence: "Estuvimos allí por... un rato." Often it'd be punctuated with ellipses, but in some sense it might be better written "Estuvimos allí porr un rato."
Re:Hack your anatomy: How To Whistle Loudly
by euccastro on Wednesday October 08, 2008 @05:15PM
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I've heard quite my share of Spanish and never happened upon that. Rather, people would extend the r without rolling it.
And in any event, that wouldn't mean there are words in Spanish with rolled final r's, which is what was being discussed, just that people might pronounce a word that way.
Argentinian here... and I'd usually extend the o, not the r, so "Estuvimos allí poor un rato."
Re:Hack your anatomy: How To Whistle Loudly
by riahi on Thursday October 02, 2008 @11:06PM
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Also, a lot of native spanish speakers pronounce all initial r's as rolled r's.
That's the way spanish is pronounced.
Radio is "Rradio".
I've found amusing how some people who learn english as a second language end up pronouncing spanish as "espanish", since no spanish word begis with s(consonant), except for sh.
Re:Hack your anatomy: How To Whistle Loudly
by euccastro on Wednesday October 08, 2008 @06:15PM
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"A lot" meaning all of them, because that's the norm.
nonsense.
stick the tip of my tongue to the roof of my mouth
If I do that, it gets stuck. What I think you want is the hard palate (behind the teeth), not the top of the mouth, and keep it relaxed.
I guess I should add that I'm neither a native speaker (though I've studied more than one language with rolled r's) nor have I any experience teaching this skill. I'd bet money you can learn it, though.
Edit: one more thing - you may find it easier to try words that end in a rolled r. The words that begin with a rolled r are a little harder (to me).