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Uvular 'r' in close details I had an opinion that in the standard and correct speech the German uvular trilled 'r' sounds more... "rough" or.. "harsh", than the French one. The impression is that the French 'r' is produced more closely to the front part of larynx, and the German 'r' is generated more closely to the back wall of larynx, more deeply in the throat. Is that opinion correct or not?

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well..you can t say that the uvular thrilled 'r' belongs to standard correct speech..indeed it is a characterisation of south/southwest dialect in germany and it seems and as far as i know and remember it is an influence that came to germany from the french. this uvular thrilled 'r' is a characteristic of the french in paris. if you want to speek german correctly you should not try to use the uvular trilled 'r'. if you do it that won't be a problem but if you are not a native speaker of german that would sound like overdoing it. you should rather use the alvealor 'r' in german. this 'r' is also used in southern france. hope i could help you a bit! greetings, patty

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