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1. (((Ulkhas))) (awl@rainbowdash.net)'s status on Monday, 30-Jan-2017 01:57:16 UTC (((Ulkhas)))
   #TIL (I guess) that it became no longer practised in speaking the German language to trill the 'r' sound because Hitler had a tendency to do so. Could have sworn that it was phased out of spoken German west of Prussia long before that but hey.
   • Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠) repeated this.
   • Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠) (clackemovedtoheldscalla@quitter.se)'s status on Monday, 30-Jan-2017 02:46:55 UTC Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠)

     in reply to
     @awl West of Prussia isn't the right distinction -- Hitler was Austrian. Danish acquired guttural "r" from northern German before Hitler.
   • Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠) (clackemovedtoheldscalla@quitter.se)'s status on Monday, 30-Jan-2017 03:02:17 UTC Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠)

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     • Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠)
     @awl Urgh, I'm getting no sources looking for "history of the voiced uvular fricative in Danish and Northern German" and similar searches.