Does anyone pronounce the letter "r" using their lips and not their tongue????? Or are there any speech therapists out there who can confirm that this is a perfectly achievable and acceptable way of pronouncing that letter?!
I only ask because my ds1 still can't say "r", and my dh couldn't say "r" either, until he was about 7, after a few sessions of speech therapy. Anyway, I've been busy trying to show ds1 how I move my tongue to say the letter "r"... until the other night, when I had a little argument with my dh, because he said that he'd been taught how to say "r" using his lips. Obviously, I find this totally impossible, because I've never done it that way and don't see how you can possibly avoid saying "w" or "v" if you use your lips. However, when I asked my ds1 to have a go, he did manage to produce a sound pretty similar to an "r" that way (maybe a little bit more like a "v", but subtle enough to sound pretty "r"-like!).
So, is this an OK way to learn to say "r", if you don't mind never being able to roll your r's??? I have to admit, I've never noticed my dh sounding odd when he talks, and he's adamant his tongue isn't moving when he says words with an "r" in them!!!