Did it ever just come to you?
By snowy
@snowy22315 (197302)
United States
October 12, 2025 8:54am CST
Loo's post about snapping made me think of something. When I was takingSpanish and French in school our language teachers were always trying to get us to trill our R's like they do in Mexico and I guess Spain. I could never do it. The same with the throaty or accented R in French. I used to practice these could never do it. One day the trill came to me when I was saying Ruffles have Ridges (TV commercial) About that time, I found I could also make the throaty French R. Did you ever have a skill like that or something else just "come to you?"
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@AmbiePam (104121)
• United States
19h
@snowy22315 You should see me trying right now!
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@snowy22315 (197302)
• United States
19h
@AmbiePam Keep at it .you can impress friends and family Or maybe you will be able to do it when not even trying
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@snowy22315 (197302)
• United States
19h
Practice with Ruffles have Ridges. You have to blow hard behind the R's. Tongue to the roof of the mouth.
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@marguicha (228754)
• Chile
20h
Accents are hard to learn. I can read classics in English as if they were written in Spanish. But I just can´t TALK in English.
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@marguicha (228754)
• Chile
20h
@snowy22315 I can read and write very well. And I learnt to talk when I went there as a child. But now I can´t.
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@Tampa_girl7 (53467)
• United States
11h
I never could get my R’s right in Spanish. Good for you.
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@snowy22315 (197302)
• United States
11h
Thanks, it just kind of came to me, alas and alack I wasn't taking languages at the time.
