RE: Ask ze German
June 5, 2015 at 5:11 am
(This post was last modified: June 5, 2015 at 5:15 am by Alex K.)
Yeah, Bavaria and some neighboring regions have a "rolling" r which varies ...maybe between the posh british one and the scottish one... Interestingly it also appears in the very north, say near Hamburg maybe indicating the close relatioship between lower German and English, but might also illustrate some surprising similarities between the very northern and very southern dialects, which both e.g. missed some vovel shifts which thd central German dialects went through.
Where I come from it is a bit in-between, the r I mean.
Of course as in English, there are different r sounds within each dialect. In Hamburg, the r in Hamburg is barely pronounced and more an excuse to stretch the u. The r in Matrose (sailor) or große (big) they would pronouncewith a noticeable rolling r.
In case I confuse you. The r in Gernan is similar to the t in English in that the pronunciatiin varies a lot. But the bavarian rolling r indeed has similarities to the posh british rolling r.
Where I come from it is a bit in-between, the r I mean.
Of course as in English, there are different r sounds within each dialect. In Hamburg, the r in Hamburg is barely pronounced and more an excuse to stretch the u. The r in Matrose (sailor) or große (big) they would pronouncewith a noticeable rolling r.
In case I confuse you. The r in Gernan is similar to the t in English in that the pronunciatiin varies a lot. But the bavarian rolling r indeed has similarities to the posh british rolling r.
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