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					Originally Posted by  wendybeth
					 
				 
				You know, despite having studied French for over five years, I still cannot say the French 'R'- you're supposed to sort of roll it over your tongue then end with a kind of retching sound, at least when combined with H's and such. Never could do it.  Sober, anyways. 
			
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 I could never get that whole back-of-the-throat thing in French class.  But now that I'm trying to sing in Italian with a tongue-flippy "R" I'm all about the French "R".