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**+++Poguru+++** · 11-25-2009, 11:58 PM

This brings me back to hours of voice lessons and having it drilled into me the difference between rolling and flipping Rs. Basically, the roll is where it's longer, "r-r-r" (like Eartha Kitt's schtick), and the flip is the a single instance, where the r is almost made to sound like a soft d instead.

A flap! I just remembered what you're on about.

11-25-2009, 11:58 PM	#15
+++Poguru+++ Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 592 Senior Member	This brings me back to hours of voice lessons and having it drilled into me the difference between rolling and flipping Rs. Basically, the roll is where it's longer, "r-r-r" (like Eartha Kitt's schtick), and the flip is the a single instance, where the r is almost made to sound like a soft d instead. A flap! I just remembered what you're on about.
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