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Did your child have a Jonathan-Ross-style R

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Pruni · 10/12/2006 22:56

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maryhadaharpsichordyeahlord · 10/12/2006 22:59

dd1 has it too, and so do I (a bit) but it has got a lot better over the years.
(I must admit to be rather amused to overhear this conversation between dd1 and her grandma about her part in the nativity play.
dd1 - I am an angel with a wing on my head.
grandma - no dear, wings on your back.
dd1 - (exasperated) no, a WING, a WING of tinsel

maryhadaharpsichordyeahlord · 10/12/2006 23:00

sorry that's not very helpful.
anyway, I think it's v common and mine got loads better by itself and with time

DeckTheHallsWithFRAUsOfHolly · 10/12/2006 23:00

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Pruni · 10/12/2006 23:04

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Pruni · 10/12/2006 23:07

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worleywinterwonderland · 10/12/2006 23:15

i do myself!! not all the time and hardly ever., it just comes out sometimes when im tired or not concentrating. i used to be bad at primary school ( a long long long time ago(25 years+) but i got over it, its much to the amusement of my dp now if i do it mistakingly and only on certain words not all the where whens its normally the ring wing, right write etc etc.

maryhadaharpsichordyeahlord · 10/12/2006 23:17

oh yes mine is pretty much ok, although my family still guffaw about my mother's other choices of name for me:
Ruth
or
Rory

esp as my maiden name was O'Brien
Wowy O'Bwien, imagine the shame.
I also have difficulty with certain words like:
fridge
crisps
and (worst of all)
maroon
so I just say burgundy I also have difficult singing r's for some reason.

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Pruni · 10/12/2006 23:22

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Pruni · 10/12/2006 23:23

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Pruni · 10/12/2006 23:24

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terramum · 10/12/2006 23:25

My brother developed w instead of r & so our mum made him say "robert ran round the rugged rock" several times a day for months. Cured him though - said his Rs perfectly ever since!

imaginaryfriend · 10/12/2006 23:38

Isn't it quite common for kids not to be able to pronounce 'r' sounds at this age? My dd's 4 and she and most of her friends still have a 'w' sounding 'r' in their words. Same as 'th' sounds.

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Pruni · 11/12/2006 07:40

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pooka · 11/12/2006 07:45

My dd is 3 and a half and instead of saying th's, says "w" - i.e. yem for them, yere for there. And with that and this, comes out as at and is. I assume it's just one of those things and she'll grow out of it?

pooka · 11/12/2006 07:46

Sorry
Meant "y"

belgo · 11/12/2006 07:51

I've never been able to say my 'r's despite years of speech therapy and elocution lessens. When I was very yound, speech therapy helped, and as I was older, elocution and speech and drama helped a lot to make my speech clearer.

Not being able to say 'r' isn't really a problem in England. But it's a big problem in Belgium where I live . I speak flemish fluently and can spell everything, I just have a huge problem pronouncing any word with an 'r', making it hard for people to understand me. I need people to understand me for my profession, and it makes it really hard. Also my name contains an 'r' and people here can't understand me when I say my name - again, not a problem in England. I would never choose to name my children with a name with an 'r'.

I would certainly recommend speech therapy. The sooner these problems are sorted the easier.

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