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- quaererer
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I don't think they're hard to pronounce either.
I certainly don't know what pronunciation you follow, but I would think they would sound rather odd, and probably be a bit more difficult, if "r's" are pronounced like in English (retroflex aprox) or like in French (uvular), and if on top of that, the unstressed vowels are reduced to schwa.
However, at least for me, rolling the "r's" like in Italian and maintaining each vowel's quality, those words are rather simple to pronounce.
Why do you say they're unpronounceable?
I certainly don't know what pronunciation you follow, but I would think they would sound rather odd, and probably be a bit more difficult, if "r's" are pronounced like in English (retroflex aprox) or like in French (uvular), and if on top of that, the unstressed vowels are reduced to schwa.
However, at least for me, rolling the "r's" like in Italian and maintaining each vowel's quality, those words are rather simple to pronounce.
Why do you say they're unpronounceable?
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It takes a while to get used to rolling R's if you aren't already accustomed to it. My tongue used to ache while reading Latin sentences, but I got used to it by the second or third semester. Of course it doesn't help at all to have a Californian accent. Be careful not to slur the syllables or overdo the consonants: e.g. it is GEH-reh-rehr, not ger-rur-rur.
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New here, and I'm afraid my latin is poor (the reason for my being here!) but these words seem somewhat odd to me. I would imagine that such words with so many repeated syllables would be shortened (haplology) by everyday speakers. English is a good example of this. Only technical terms survive with such duplicate syllables. What do you guys think?
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