Pronouncing my r's.

Hello meep,

I am starting a youtube channel. I am not able to pronounce my r's and am very worried about doing youtube or talking to people on teamspeak. Some people make fun of me at school. I can not say world, girl, sparkle, etc. I also do not talk on teamspeak because of this. Could someone please give me some advice? Thank you.

@kcschmidt

 

Hey man, don't be afraid to talk, I'll make sure no one makes fun of you, they shouldn't anyways. Were a good community, a family.

 

How much have you practiced? I've known people with problems like this and practice helps a lot. Find out how someones mouth moves with their r sound and mimic that.

 

Thanks man

I practice sometimes on and off I mean at school its hectic and I don't really have a way to practice at my house.

 

If you are really afraid you could run your voice through a voice changer, they typically auto correct pronunciations

 

I'm sure there is something on the internet that is free that can help you.

 

Lol i thought this thread was going to be about speaking a different language, as i always struggled pronouncing my R's in French. But Adam, you just need to out yourself out there and practice. I always would feel embarrassed in French when reading out, but in the end i said i want to learn how to do this so i ignored anyone who laughed, as best as i could, and focused on people who wanted to help and i practiced over and over. I have a similiar issue, more mental, which means that my brain processes tgings faster than my mouth or whichever part of the brain controlling speech can up with. Resultig it jumbled up sentences sometimes, meaning i have to slow down slightly. Sometimes it just takes hard work and practice. As you can see though there are a bunch of people here, me included, willing to help and be supportive.

 

Hey neighbor

If you want, we can have a convo involving the practice of your r's through ts or skype

 

Bro I feel you I have been going to speech therapy since I was 4 I'm now almost 14. I also had issues with r along with speaking to fast. I got past most of it but still often run into issues, don't be afraid to speak though, that's the only way you can improve. I look forward to seeing your videos and speaking with you on teamspeak

 

People still watch videos despite the persons accent even if its one of the harder ones to understand to them at first. Its all about practice and patience mostly, and not worrying too much about it

 

You will experience people making fun of you for the rest of your life, and this is a great opportunity to learn to accept it. Don't believe what they say, no matter how harsh. If you need someone to talk to, let me know.

 

use l's instead of r's

 

Well you thee, I had a lithp (really what id**t put an "s" in lisp) when I was a bit younger. For me thpeach therapy rethoveled motht of it. I thtill have a minor lithp though it'th barely notithable. If your "r" problem ith really bad, I might thay you should thee a thpeach therapitht if you can afford it. But really, don't worry too much about it if the only ithueth it'th causing you are theapch problemth. (Not dental or thtuff like that.)

 

I feel like you are thpeaking dithrethpectfully about other peopleth speath imparmenths

 

LOL

What

I really want to thank you for taking the time for typing all of this. I also take French

Thx neighbor

I'll def think about it....

Thanks

I'll let you know

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Guys after my first couple youtube videos ill probably either open up my own TS or use meep or use skype because I look forward to talking to ya'll.

 

Get on ts! We don't care how you talk! As long as you don t scream like SpiderJel. Don't be SpiderJel.

 

Don't worry! you're not the only one
You're also surrounded by a great community!

 

Ok guys, I may be getting on TS today but maybe not because me and my family are doing a lot today. Also thanks.

 

When making youtube it's crucial to understand that you will always be made fun of due to something. Accents, opinions, pretty much everything and anything you say will be hated on.

I too have recently started posting a video now and again, but without voice. I just post a GTA video here and there.

Good luck!

 

I dont care