The Elmer Fud "Accent"

[pulykamell]

@glowacks

I had to had speech therapy to even learn how to pronounce an ‘r’. I never thought I was pronouncing it wrong until I was told exactly what I had to do with my tongue and I made the sound for the first time. It took me many weeks of work with the speec therapist reading through passages with lots of 'r’s to be completely comfortable with it. I particularly remember that “drawer” was really difficult.

It’s clear that difficulty with sounds made with the tongue high in the mouth are a problem for a lot people, which is why Elmer Fudd’s speech patterns aren’t compwetwy nonsensical.

“Rural” is the one that always drives me nuts, and I’ve never had an issue with “r”s otherwise l.