Talk:rhotacism

Rfv-sense for “inability to pronounce the letter R”.
This seems to be contrary to the other two senses. † ﴾^(u):Raifʻhār ^(t):Doremítzwr﴿ 21:24, 28 September 2008 (UTC)Reply

Yes, all are right. See w:rhotacism. —Stephen 21:28, 28 September 2008 (UTC)Reply

Our information might have been copied thence, or, conversely, Wikipedia’s information might have been copied hence. None of that article’s references confirm this sense. IMO, Wikipedia cannot be considered a reliable authority when that which it asserts is not referenced. † ﴾^(u):Raifʻhār ^(t):Doremítzwr﴿ 21:37, 28 September 2008 (UTC)Reply

Here’s one:

• 2005: Bernard Fogel, PhD, CCC-SLP, Exercising the Rhotacism in Absence of Pathology (ADVANCE)

  It is universally accepted that the rhotacism, a defective utterance of the /r/ sounds, is usually the last and most difficult American English consonant to correct functionally.

  I use two methods to help correct the rhotacism.

† ﴾^(u):Raifʻhār ^(t):Doremítzwr﴿ 21:42, 28 September 2008 (UTC)Reply

They are correct, referenced or not. A famous case of rhotacism, meaning the inability to pronounce r’s, is the comic character w:Elmer Fudd. It is very easy to find references if you need them...for example: http://books.google.com/books?q=inability+rhotacism&btnG=Search+Books —Stephen 21:45, 28 September 2008 (UTC)Reply

Verified (provisionally). They may have been correct, but the lack of references to reliable authorities meant that that wasn’t evident. It’s verification that matters — truth that cannot be shown to be truth just isn’t good enough. † ﴾^(u):Raifʻhār ^(t):Doremítzwr﴿ 21:12, 29 September 2008 (UTC)Reply

The challenged sense now has four supporting citations. RfV passed. † ﴾^(u):Raifʻhār ^(t):Doremítzwr﴿ 22:29, 19 September 2009 (UTC) }}Reply