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From: Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
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 Ar an naoiú lá de mí Márta, scríobh Ross Clark: 

 > On 9/03/2026 9:54 a.m., Aidan Kehoe wrote:
 > >
 > >   Ar an t-ochtú lá de mí Márta, scríobh The Natural Philosopher:
 > >
 > >   > On 08/03/2026 06:45, Bertel Lund Hansen wrote:
 > >   > > Den 07.03.2026 kl. 23.53 skrev Peter Moylan:
 > >   > >
 > >   > >>> Similarly, English speaking people have problems saying "Jorge" in
 > >   > >>> Spanish, or the double "rr". :-D
 > >   > >>
 > >   > >> The letter 'r' is a problem for anyone learning a foreign language. It
 > >   > >> seems to be different in each language.
 > >   > >
 > >   > > I use a Danish r in both English and German. It has not been pointed out to
 > >   > > me as an error.
 > >   >
 > >   > It is a component of some British dialects. Mostly Northern English and Scottish
 > >
 > > Uvular trill for <r> does not arise in the pronunciation of any native
 > > community of English spekers. Bertel has not clarified, but his <r> is likely
 > > uvular. The relevant Scottish dialects (I’m not aware of any Northern England
 > > dialects with this feature) have an alveolar trill, the <rr> of spanish.
 > 
 > There is, or was, a uvular pronunciation of /r/ in the North of England, but
 > most often a fricative, only occasionally a trill:
 > 
 > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northumbrian_burr

Thanks for the correction.

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