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Sunday, August 30, 2015

Alveolar Trill

All my life I've had a disability. I don't know if you would call it a disability, but it is something I could never do.  I cannot roll my Rs. I have tried a countless number of times and have always failed miserably. I have no idea why. I looked it up and its called alveolar trill I did not see anything about this ability being a genetic trait, but I do think it has to do with my childhood speech impediment.

When I was younger I was in speech therapy for many years. I could pronounce the R sound in my words. I would say wok n wo instead of rock n roll. I finally grow out of this later on in middle school, but I do think it has to do with my rolling rs dilemma. I have read that if you are not taught to roll your rs as a child then it is extremely difficult to do this as a adult.

Maybe in the future I can finally roll my rs. Do you have any alveolar trill advice?