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Aug 7, 2002, 4:31 PM

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Rrrrrrrs

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Many years ago I had a roommate in highschool who was from France but was living in Mexico. In his failing attempt to teach me spanish he used a little toung twister about a "Train", a fast train, to practice rolling the rrrrs. Does anyone know this twister. He also had one for French about a "Pointed hat.
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brad

Aug 7, 2002, 7:54 PM

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Erre con erre cigarro, erre con erre barril, rápido corren los carros cargados de azúcar del ferrocarril.: Many years ago I had a roommate in highschool who was from France but was living in Mexico. In his failing attempt to teach me spanish he used a little toung twister about a "Train", a fast train, to practice rolling the rrrrs. Does anyone know this twister. He also had one for French about a "Pointed hat.
: Please e-mail at sireallan@earthlink.net Thanks

Mereja

Aug 8, 2002, 11:55 AM

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I practiced with this: El carro está caro.: Erre con erre cigarro, erre con erre barril, rápido corren los carros cargados de azúcar del ferrocarril.: : Many years ago I had a roommate in highschool who was from France but was living in Mexico. In his failing attempt to teach me spanish he used a little toung twister about a "Train", a fast train, to practice rolling the rrrrs. Does anyone know this twister. He also had one for French about a "Pointed hat.
: : Please e-mail at sireallan@earthlink.net Thanks

Dan the Man

Aug 8, 2002, 1:25 PM

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liquid Berlitz

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When I worked in Spain, my Spanish coworkers taught me this one: <html>El perro de San Roque no tiene rabo porque Ramón Ramirez se lo ha cortado.</html> They loved watching me try to say this. To this day, I have trouble trilling my rr's. It seems to get easier after a little of what P.J. O'Rourke called "liquid Berlitz."

Teo

Aug 15, 2002, 9:20 AM

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Try this one!

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: Many years ago I had a roommate in highschool who was from France but was living in Mexico. In his failing attempt to teach me spanish he used a little toung twister about a "Train", a fast train, to practice rolling the rrrrs. Does anyone know this twister. He also had one for French about a "Pointed hat.
: Please e-mail at sireallan@earthlink.net ThanksRecia la rajada rueda rueda rugiendo rudamente rauda,
rauda rueda rugiendo rudamente la rajada rueda.
!Rueda rauda, recia rueda, rauda, rauda reciamente rueda!
!Rueda recia, rauda rueda rugiente, rajada rueda!

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Jan 21, 2004, 9:17 AM

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Re: [Al] Rrrrrrrs

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recuerdo un exerciso....

Tu caro carro corre rapido pero mi perro corre mas

hermano

Jan 28, 2004, 7:07 PM

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Re: [Guest] Rrrrrrrs

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Y nos enseñaron en Castilla--Corre las erres como en ferrocarril.

dwireb

Feb 2, 2004, 8:05 PM

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Re: [Dan the Man] liquid Berlitz

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por favor, que es Liquid Berlitz? gracias

PBGollaz

Feb 4, 2004, 3:22 PM

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Re: [Al] Rrrrrrrs

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Hi! Al,

What I remember (from too many years ago to count) is:

"RR de RR cigarro, RR de RR barril, rapido corren los carros del ferrocarril."

For the the single (and less trilled) R, we used:

"Tres tristes tigres trajeron trigo en tres tristes trastes."

Thanks for stretching my memory and sending me on a trip down memory lane.

Patrick
Zapopan, Jalisco, México