• exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    22 days ago

    In Spanish, up until 1994, “ll” and “ch” were considered distinct letters from the component parts. But “rr” has never been considered distinct from “r,” even though it is pronounced differently, in large part because no words start with “rr” and any word that starts with “r” is pronounced with the rolling R sound.

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      21 days ago

      Aren’t all R’s rolling, though? Some longer and some shorter. I.e. rr and r. Guess I get it, though. Words starting with a single ‘r’ are pronounced like ‘rr’. Interesting on the ‘ll’ and ‘ch’ bits, too. Wasn’t aware ¡Gracias, RAE!

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      21 days ago

      Thanks, I learned Spanish at school in the the late odds and I guess I confused it. My teacher was quite old so she wasn’t up to date I guess