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How would I learn to be able to roll my R's?

Asked by PhiNotPi (12681points) January 19th, 2012

This question is somewhat related to an earlier question regarding the ability to flutter tongue. Now it seems like I am most likely physically capable of flutter tonguing, but I just don’t know how. I have changed the topic to rolling R’s because it is the same motion, but in a context with which more people are familiar.

This question is relatively simple. I can’t roll R’s to save my life. I am not currently in a situation where it is important to be able to do this, but the whole “I don’t know how to do something I should be capable of” idea has annoyed me / temporarily grabbed my attention. So, how could I go about learning this on my own?

Also, I am unable to roll my tongue into a tube shape (also described as a taco shape) or into a clover. I do not know how relevant these abilities are. These are known to be somewhat genetic. Even though the ability to roll R’s may not be genetic, I do not know how much of an effect a lack of these abilities has on the time it takes to learn to roll my R’s.

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