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Jul 30, '12, 7:44 pm
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How is 'r' pronounced in Latin?
Is it like an English r, or Spanish, or Italian, or French???
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Jul 30, '12, 9:01 pm
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Re: How is 'r' pronounced in Latin?
It's flipped, but not rolled like in Spanish. It almost sounds like a "d".
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Jul 31, '12, 10:41 am
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Re: How is 'r' pronounced in Latin?
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Originally Posted by Allegra
It's flipped, but not rolled like in Spanish. It almost sounds like a "d".
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Thanks!
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Aug 1, '12, 4:30 am
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Re: How is 'r' pronounced in Latin?
I don't have time now, but when I do, I will look up the quote from my classical Latin book that refers to the "r" as a dog's growl. It's rolled.
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Aug 1, '12, 3:21 pm
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Re: How is 'r' pronounced in Latin?
Okay, this is from Wheelock's Latin, a textbook of classical Latin:
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r was trilled; Romans called it the littera canina, because its sound suggested the snarling of a dog.
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for of this I feel sure,
that, if I did not believe, I would not understand.
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