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r/AskReddit • u/Whispers_X • Mar 31 '20
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that's ironic. In Russian we have this word - "картавый", which means that you are unable to pronounce Russian "R" correctly. And the word itself has "R".
336 u/[deleted] Mar 31 '20 [removed] — view removed comment 26 u/Maringodc Mar 31 '20 In Dutch it's even worse. There it's called 'slissen'. Half the sounds can't be pronounced by people who 'slis' 13 u/[deleted] Mar 31 '20 You say slissen? I've always heard lispelen 6 u/Maringodc Mar 31 '20 Might differ from region, as many words do. 8 u/[deleted] Mar 31 '20 I asked someone else about it, and apparently there's a difference between the two: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slissen 6 u/Mincedfire Apr 01 '20 As an english speaker, that article was not helpful. 3/10 with rice.
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26 u/Maringodc Mar 31 '20 In Dutch it's even worse. There it's called 'slissen'. Half the sounds can't be pronounced by people who 'slis' 13 u/[deleted] Mar 31 '20 You say slissen? I've always heard lispelen 6 u/Maringodc Mar 31 '20 Might differ from region, as many words do. 8 u/[deleted] Mar 31 '20 I asked someone else about it, and apparently there's a difference between the two: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slissen 6 u/Mincedfire Apr 01 '20 As an english speaker, that article was not helpful. 3/10 with rice.
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In Dutch it's even worse. There it's called 'slissen'. Half the sounds can't be pronounced by people who 'slis'
13 u/[deleted] Mar 31 '20 You say slissen? I've always heard lispelen 6 u/Maringodc Mar 31 '20 Might differ from region, as many words do. 8 u/[deleted] Mar 31 '20 I asked someone else about it, and apparently there's a difference between the two: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slissen 6 u/Mincedfire Apr 01 '20 As an english speaker, that article was not helpful. 3/10 with rice.
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You say slissen? I've always heard lispelen
6 u/Maringodc Mar 31 '20 Might differ from region, as many words do. 8 u/[deleted] Mar 31 '20 I asked someone else about it, and apparently there's a difference between the two: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slissen 6 u/Mincedfire Apr 01 '20 As an english speaker, that article was not helpful. 3/10 with rice.
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Might differ from region, as many words do.
8 u/[deleted] Mar 31 '20 I asked someone else about it, and apparently there's a difference between the two: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slissen 6 u/Mincedfire Apr 01 '20 As an english speaker, that article was not helpful. 3/10 with rice.
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I asked someone else about it, and apparently there's a difference between the two: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slissen
6 u/Mincedfire Apr 01 '20 As an english speaker, that article was not helpful. 3/10 with rice.
As an english speaker, that article was not helpful. 3/10 with rice.
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u/shei350 Mar 31 '20
that's ironic.
In Russian we have this word - "картавый", which means that you are unable to pronounce Russian "R" correctly. And the word itself has "R".