Talk:rhotacism

RFV discussion
Rfv-sense for “inability to pronounce the letter R”. This seems to be contrary to the other two senses. †  ﴾(u):Raifʻhār (t):Doremítzwr﴿ 21:24, 28 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Yes, all are right. See rhotacism. —Stephen 21:28, 28 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Our information might have been copied thence, or, conversely, Wikipedia’s information might have been copied hence. None of that article’s references confirm this sense. IMO, Wikipedia cannot be considered a reliable authority when that which it asserts is not referenced. †  ﴾(u):Raifʻhār (t):Doremítzwr﴿ 21:37, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

Here’s one: †  ﴾(u):Raifʻhār (t):Doremítzwr﴿ 21:42, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
 * 2005: Bernard Fogel, PhD, CCC-SLP, Exercising the Rhotacism in Absence of Pathology (ADVANCE)
 * It is universally accepted that the rhotacism, a defective utterance of the /r/ sounds, is usually the last and most difficult American English consonant to correct functionally.
 * I use two methods to help correct the rhotacism.


 * They are correct, referenced or not. A famous case of rhotacism, meaning the inability to pronounce r’s, is the comic character Elmer Fudd. It is very easy to find references if you need them...for example: http://books.google.com/books?q=inability+rhotacism&btnG=Search+Books —Stephen 21:45, 28 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Verified (provisionally). They may have been correct, but the lack of references to reliable authorities meant that that wasn’t evident. It’s verification that matters — truth that cannot be shown to be truth just isn’t good enough. †  ﴾(u):Raifʻhār (t):Doremítzwr﴿ 21:12, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

The challenged sense now has four supporting citations. RfV passed. †  ﴾(u):Raifʻhār (t):Doremítzwr﴿ 22:29, 19 September 2009 (UTC) }}