erre moscia
Italian
Etymology
Literally “flabby R”.
Pronunciation
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