erre moscia

Italian

Etymology

Literally, “flabby R”.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛr.re ˈmɔʃ.ʃa/
Hyphenation: èr‧re‧mò‧scia

Noun

erre moscia f (plural erre mosce)

(informal, phonetics) the inability to pronounce the alveolar trill (or “rolled r”, /r/) correctly; the burr or, more generally, rhotacism
Synonym: (formal) rotacismo

So soltanto parlare con la erre moscia.
All I can do is burring.

I francesi hanno un'erre moscia molto marcata.
The French speak with a very strong burr.

Further reading

rotacismo (medicina) on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

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