25Jun07

Am in the midst of doing my German homework now but I can’t help but say this:

I cannot, for the life of me, pronounce the German “r” – not without feeling that I might spit all over the table. It’s a harsh letter, rather like the French “r” (I think). To make things easier for myself, I’ve made up my own version: I just go a bit lower with my tongue, curling under, into almost a “w”. It sounds a bit silly but never mind.. What makes matters worse is I just realised that I’m carrying it over to English! Now I sound like this:

“Woodolf the Wed Nose Weindeer..”

Good gwief.

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