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No one will care about this but me, but I'm going to make note of it anyway. (It also serves well to illustrate the effects of ADD meds on sleep-deprived brains.)
This morning I learned to roll my r's the right way. I've been able to roll them far back in the my throat since I was a kid, and once I figured out the trick to bringing them forward in my mouth, but until today that secret was lost. I was playing around with the lyrics to one of Sunday's choir songs and suddenly got it. I hope I can remember the trick now.
Too bad I'm no longer using my Spanish much, with the exception of occasional choir pieces. Better late than never, I suppose. (And it's very personally satisfying to have figured this out anyway.)
The old way of rolling my r's is the same technique I use to purr. I can purr on the inhale and the exhale, which, according to my cat mailing list, is uncommon. Of course I still run out of air quickly, not being a real cat, and we don't really know how they purr anyway. Still, it's a fun thing to be able to do with cats, and it seems to be good enough for them.
This morning I learned to roll my r's the right way. I've been able to roll them far back in the my throat since I was a kid, and once I figured out the trick to bringing them forward in my mouth, but until today that secret was lost. I was playing around with the lyrics to one of Sunday's choir songs and suddenly got it. I hope I can remember the trick now.
Too bad I'm no longer using my Spanish much, with the exception of occasional choir pieces. Better late than never, I suppose. (And it's very personally satisfying to have figured this out anyway.)
The old way of rolling my r's is the same technique I use to purr. I can purr on the inhale and the exhale, which, according to my cat mailing list, is uncommon. Of course I still run out of air quickly, not being a real cat, and we don't really know how they purr anyway. Still, it's a fun thing to be able to do with cats, and it seems to be good enough for them.
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Date: 2003-12-19 10:04 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-12-19 10:17 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-12-19 10:29 am (UTC)All my attempts to roll an R in the back of my throat end up just sounding like I'm choking.
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Date: 2003-12-19 10:54 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-12-19 12:49 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-12-19 01:46 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-12-19 02:09 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-12-19 06:25 pm (UTC)Which would definitely make you the freak (not me). ;-)
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Date: 2003-12-19 06:53 pm (UTC)Of course I'm rolling the r in the the front. Hmph. ;)
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Date: 2003-12-19 07:02 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-12-19 07:05 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-12-19 12:15 pm (UTC)*so jealous!*
*pout*
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Date: 2003-12-19 12:51 pm (UTC)You know when you make a "r" hard, more like a "d" with the front of your tongue? Start with your back-of-the-throat roll and end with the hard r. The first r will roll forward into the end sound, and voila! There it is.
*bounce*
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Date: 2003-12-19 01:45 pm (UTC)Thanks a lot. :P
{snicker-snee}
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Date: 2003-12-19 01:58 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-12-19 09:23 pm (UTC)Indeed. Bereft. Story of my life, really.
I'm a terrible person not to feel sorry for that. ;-P
I wouldn't say terrible. I mean, I didn't say that you taste bad, just that you have bad taste. ;P
OK, I'm recycling bad commercials of my yout' -- time to go.
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Date: 2004-03-23 01:44 am (UTC)Be well,
Pandora