Fatal-Noogie wrote:
People tell me I talk too fast and stutter, ... and they're right. Also I have trouble pronouncing my R's.
What language do you speak? The r's are different for each language. In my tongue, Dutch, the r can be pronounced by vibrating the uvulum. The articulation place is roughly the same as the Ach-Laut in German. The r can also be pronounced by a vibrating tong tip.
I talk too fast. For a Dutch, I have a somewhat strange pronunciation of the s. It is pronounced with the area of the tongue close to the teeth, with the tongue tip pointing downwards, instead of with the tongue tip close to the teeth. The first is called a laminal s and the second an apical s. The apical s is between laminal s and sh. A logopedist told me that that isn't strange.
My l's are slightly too long, only at a beging of a word or syllable. A singing teacher told me that.
Last edited by hans66 on 07 Jul 2010, 2:08 pm, edited 1 time in total.