• lemmyknow@lemmy.today
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    2 days ago

    Don’t think those are separate letters. Just pronounced differently. I mean, rr is just 2 r’s. Not a new letter. And this isn’t an ß-type case either. Phonetically different, yes. Different letters? Creo que no. Could be wrong, though. Hispanohablantes de Lemmy, corrijanme

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      1 day ago

      In Spanish, up until 1994, “ll” and “ch” were considered distinct letters from the component parts. But “rr” has never been considered distinct from “r,” even though it is pronounced differently, in large part because no words start with “rr” and any word that starts with “r” is pronounced with the rolling R sound.

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        23 hours ago

        Thanks, I learned Spanish at school in the the late odds and I guess I confused it. My teacher was quite old so she wasn’t up to date I guess

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        Aren’t all R’s rolling, though? Some longer and some shorter. I.e. rr and r. Guess I get it, though. Words starting with a single ‘r’ are pronounced like ‘rr’. Interesting on the ‘ll’ and ‘ch’ bits, too. Wasn’t aware ¡Gracias, RAE!