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Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View PostShould I draw attention to #1844, which I still think was incredibly funny, or be Buddhist and just nonchalantly drop it?It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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Pronouncing R
Not related to anything being discussed, but I'd like to suggest a reason for a common speech impediment - a weak R.
It seems to affect a number of prominent people who have name with an R sound:
For example:
Roy Jenkins
Roy Hodgson
Roger Wright
Could it be that they developed this at an early age, simply because their first names were among their earliest words, so they became accustomed to saying, "Woy", "Woger", etc. and the early habit became permanent? It's something of a curse for those affected, as they are often teased mercilessly, particularly in their teenage years.
Similarly, in England, we do not normally roll our Rs, but the Scots do. Flutter tonguing is an essential part of flute playing, but some of my pupils found this very difficult, and some of them never succeeded. I would guess that flautists brought up in Scotland would experience no such difficulty for the simply reason that they would have learnt to roll their Rs at a very early age. I know of one very good English flautist who can only flutter-tongue by rolling her Rs the French way (the uvula trill).
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Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View PostCould it be that they developed this at an early age, simply because their first names were among their earliest words, so they became accustomed to saying, "Woy", "Woger", etc. and the early habit became permanent?
Lambdacism is the difficulty pronouncing the sound 'l' (hard luck on the child called Leslie Lumley).It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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Debussian sex-changes?
Can't find anyone else on these boards raising this one, but an awful lot of R3 announcers sound to me as if they think Debussy's famous faun is a girl, une faune. IIRC the Rafferty is a particular offender but there are others.
Well, that might have presented Nijinsky with, ahem, alternative challenges for shocking audiences c1912...
Perhaps any fule kno that all French nouns ending in e are feminine??I keep hitting the Escape key, but I'm still here!
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Originally posted by LeMartinPecheur View PostCan't find anyone else on these boards raising this one, but an awful lot of R3 announcers sound to me as if they think Debussy's famous faun is a girl, une faune. IIRC the Rafferty is a particular offender but there are others.
Well, that might have presented Nijinsky with, ahem, alternative challenges for shocking audiences c1912...
Perhaps any fule kno that all French nouns ending in e are feminine??
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