英语词汇r的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

R. Since Roman times R has been thought of as the “dog’s let- ter,” or the snarling letter, because its sound resembles the snarling of a dog—r-r-r-r. Ben Jonson, in his English Grammar Made for the Benefit of All Strangers (1636), put it this way: “R is the dog’s letter, and hurreth in the sound; the tongue striking the inner palate, with a trembling about the teeth.” Shakespeare has Juliet’s nurse in Romeo and Juliet call R the “dog-name,” when she tells Romeo that his name and rosemary, an herb as- sociated with weddings, both begin with an R. In parts of America, especially the Midwest, R is still pronounced as the dog letter, while in other regions, particularly parts of New En- gland and the South, it is pronounced as ah.

词汇	r
词源	R. Since Roman times R has been thought of as the “dog’s let- ter,” or the snarling letter, because its sound resembles the snarling of a dog—r-r-r-r. Ben Jonson, in his English Grammar Made for the Benefit of All Strangers (1636), put it this way: “R is the dog’s letter, and hurreth in the sound; the tongue striking the inner palate, with a trembling about the teeth.” Shakespeare has Juliet’s nurse in Romeo and Juliet call R the “dog-name,” when she tells Romeo that his name and rosemary, an herb as- sociated with weddings, both begin with an R. In parts of America, especially the Midwest, R is still pronounced as the dog letter, while in other regions, particularly parts of New En- gland and the South, it is pronounced as ah.
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