R to L

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darkerhorse
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R to L

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When I hear Italian spoken in my family, r often tends to sound like l.

Perhaps there's some rolling of the r but, if so, I don't think it's a full rolling.

Is this common in Italy or is it the result of dialect or just a family thing?
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Re: R to L

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In (good) Italian r and l are two well different sounds

It is the English r. that, according to linguists,
should be a bit different from the Italian
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