kartavost'

[Genevra Gerhart]

Dear Alina,
Thanks for "kartavost'" instead of kartavanie! That it sat there so long
without comment makes me think that linguists aren't so picky as I thought
they were.
And thanks for the reference to a "Jewish" accent and the allusion. We must
know these things to understand the language. Otherwise we walk around
coated with our ignorance and stupidity.

I have concluded that kartavost' is a cultural acquisition which is
encouraged/maintained by a physical/mental inability to change readily. I
have a 14 year old granddaughter whose uvular "r" was acquired in France
when she was about 3. It's still there.

Genevra

http://www.GenevraGerhart.com

ggerhart at comcast.net

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