Do English speakers ever use fully trilled "r" sounds?

[Peter_20]

Whenever I listen to native Britains or Americans talking, they always use the soft, vowelic r-sounds, the ones that don't require rapid tongue movements; it kinda sounds like a very soft "ur", but the trilled sound makes the tongue vibrate very quickly.
Do you actually use that sound?

[escobert]

No, not really ever. unless I'm in French class :p

[Sergeant Hartman]

Round the rugged rock the rugged rascal ran!

[Peter_20]

Round the rugged rock the rugged rascal ran!Now try pronouncing that thing with "purring" r-sounds, not with the typical English pronounciation.
It sounds like a French r, but it's produced only with the tip of the tongue.

[Jess]

I don't really use that noise at all. :jess:

[Sergeant Hartman]

Round the rugged rock the rugged rascal ran!Now try pronouncing that thing with "purring" r-sounds.
That's the way I always say it like :hat:

rrrroll the arrrr!

[Peter_20]

Round the rugged rock the rugged rascal ran!Now try pronouncing that thing with "purring" r-sounds.
That's the way I always say it like :hat:

rrrroll the arrrr!Yeah, the tongue is supposed to vibrate. :D

The closest an American voice has come to this would be Maechen from FF10, when he says "Lady Yuna's guardians, I presume" - he almost pronounces "presume" with a trilled r.

[Shauna]

The English can't roll their r's usually. That's why they don't use that!

I don't roll my r's, really, but I can when it's needed. I also seem to put on a heavy Scottish accent when I do. xD

[Resha]

No, not really ever. unless I'm in French class :p
When speaking French, yeah! And even then it's not a rolled R. It's more of a snarl from the bottom of my throat.

[Iceglow]

You guys haven't heard me trying to pronounce Polish it's hilariously funny, my girlfriend merely smiles at me and tells me I'm hopeless. Polish has a lot of rolling sounds but I can sit here purring and do that fine.

[Vivisteiner]

I always roll my r's.

Im quite famous for it actually.

[Jessweeee♪]

I can't roll my r's...I can never get a perfect 100 when reciting the alphabet in Spanish because I can't get that RR XD

[Madame Adequate]

I can roll my r's, but I only tend to do it when making some grand statement.

[White_Dove15445]

I am not english but I don't roll my r's unless it is needed. I love the sound of unrolled r's it makes me feel very english-like. xD

[Rengori]

Only in Spanish class.

[Breine]

The Germanic languages don't use that kind of R. The Romance languages do, though.

[Quindiana Jones]

I use it on girls. If ya know what I mean. :jokey:

[fire_of_avalon]

The Germanic languages don't use that kind of R. The Romance languages do, though.

Yes.

I can't do it. It makes me angry. :mad2:

[Rebel40000]

No matter how hard I try, I cannot roll my r's. :cry:

[ReloadPsi]

Very, very rarely, usually just for comic effect. When I do, it tends to put an awkward pause in my words as I try to return to a standard vowelly "R" sound.

Dr. Robotnik in Adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog used to do it a lot; his voice actor was british: "For Grrrrounder's sake, that better have been a wrrrrong number!"

By the way, for those who can't figure out how to do it, you're supposed to bring the sound from your throat, not your tongue or your lips.

[Værn]

I can't roll my R's. If I could, I would all the time. Every time an R came up in a conversation.

[Jimsour]

I have a northern irish accent, so yes.

[Luara]

.................... *No coments* .. . . .. . . . .

sometimes yes, sometimes no . . . . . *couldnt help it*

[Peegee]

I'm staring blankly at this thread. What do you mean? Can somebody give an example using either an English word or a French word?

[Værn]

I'm staring blankly at this thread. What do you mean? Can somebody give an example using either an English word or a French word?
We're talking about rolling R's. I don't have any English or French examples, but if you watch this video (http://youtube.com/watch?v=-wBH6HXidO4) until it gets to the part where he says:

"Reise, Reise Seemann Reise
Und die Wellen weinen leise
In ihrem Blute steckt ein Speer
Bluten leise in das Meer"

I think the end of that verse is a nice example of a trill, don't you?
Rammstein have been accused of being Nazis and imitating Hitler's speech patterns because Till rolls his R's in a similar way, but they say it's just natural to trill like that with a voice like his.

[Peegee]

I don't is able to watch videos at work, but if I understand those words correctly we don't usually trill our 'r's'. However, I think Scottish people might do it because of the accent? If that is the case, maybe there's an english accent that does it. Nothing I can come up with.

"Rrrroll up the Rrrim to win" comes to mind, and that reminds me of Scottish accents.

[TheSpoonyBard]

I can't roll my Rs. It's a physical impossibility.

[scrumpleberry]

I can't. :(

[Shauna]

I don't is able to watch videos at work, but if I understand those words correctly we don't usually trill our 'r's'. However, I think Scottish people might do it because of the accent? If that is the case, maybe there's an english accent that does it. Nothing I can come up with.

"Rrrroll up the Rrrim to win" comes to mind, and that reminds me of Scottish accents.

I think a lot of people in Scotland can roll their r's - well, a lot of people I know can roll their r's. But... it's probably the same as everywhere - some people can and some people can't. :D

[Araciel]

i'm an epic tongue roller when i'm drunk.

[persephonehermione]

Most don't say it in English, but opera singers are encouraged to use it to increase diction.

Persephone Hermione x

[Randgris]

A former classmate of mine often rolls his r. He sounds Russian.

Rrrrrrr... :D

P.S. He's not even American in nature

[Loony BoB]

In New Zealand, you're taught to roll your r's at school when you learn how to speak Maori words.

[Peegee]

I don't is able to watch videos at work, but if I understand those words correctly we don't usually trill our 'r's'. However, I think Scottish people might do it because of the accent? If that is the case, maybe there's an english accent that does it. Nothing I can come up with.

"Rrrroll up the Rrrim to win" comes to mind, and that reminds me of Scottish accents.

I think a lot of people in Scotland can roll their r's - well, a lot of people I know can roll their r's. But... it's probably the same as everywhere - some people can and some people can't. :D

Yes, but we don't usually do it. I'm still trying to think of words that might require it.

[Shauna]

I don't usually do it either. I have never found a situation where rolling my r is ever necessary.

But, with speaking Spanish, the rolling r sound is used a lot.

[Shoeberto]

I was never able to roll my Rs in Spanish. It was kinda depressing. But I also hated that class so...

[rubah]

I can kinda fake it!

[Tallulah]

It comes easy to me because I'm half-Scottish, (therefore my dad does) but I never do it because I'm other half English! :p

[I Don't Need A Name]

The English can't roll their r's usually. That's why they don't use that!

i can roll my Rs quite well thank you, and do so frequently

[Paul]

scousers (ie natives of liverpool) have their own unique english accent and they (or we) roll their (our) Rs

arright???

[Shauna]

The English can't roll their r's usually. That's why they don't use that!

i can roll my Rs quite well thank you, and do so frequently

Hence why I said usually. ;)

[Nominus Experse]

I cannot roll my "r" very well, though, with a language where such a thing is not needed, I see little point in becoming woeful over my inability to perform a rolled "r" sound.

And then I think about how I wish I could learn other languages, such as French and Italian, and my inability to roll "r" is suddenly very much an issue.


Dammit...

[theundeadhero]

My tongue is incapable of such nonsense.