EUR 5.-rolling rrr in English

I have noticed that in many movies and TV films English-speakers with a very sophisticated "posh" British accent roll their r's if before a vowel. This is very dominant in older productions, in younger productions, say since the 80ies, where pronunciation is intended to be more "realistic" r rolling occurs occasionally, especially when the occasion is very formal or in parody. I am not aware if r olling is a dialect feature somewhere in South East England but apperently it used to be some standard in actors' pronunciation.

I am very interesting in this rolled r want to learn to pronounce it. Unfortunately I can't fidn any information baout it whatsoever.

Can anyone give me a hint?

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Written by Simon on Wednesday, Jul 21, 2010 at 8:59:46 AM
Hi Trazom, what do you have in mind what is teh source? Actually I have sound samples in abundance
Written by Trazom on Tuesday, Jul 20, 2010 at 10:46:42 PM
Would sound/mp3 files help you?
Written by Simon on Monday, Jul 19, 2010 at 9:45:23 AM
Hi Hecke, Thank you for your tip how to learn the tip-of.-thetounge-teeth rolling r though I am not sure if it worked wioth me. Now I see, I might I have imprecise by putting my question. So to everyone else as well I like to clarify it: Before you start to give me tips how to roll the r, I would like to establish the phonetic quality of this English RP rolling r (I am not talking about the Scottish r which is rolled as well) . It might not be rolled like the rolling r in Spanish or Italian, As a matter of fact I believe it is formed in the cavity of the mouth rather than near the lips.

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EUR 5.-rolling rrr in English

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