Heidi and Pamela,

My point wasn't that the inability to make a particular sound was "proof" of 
tongue-tie - only that this was something that could come out when taking a 
family history. It is only relevant in relation to other factors.

Virginia
in Brisbane, Queensland
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I believe language has been mentioned before: I have lived in Denmark where 
the majority of people cannot roll their 'r's. I cannot imagine that a whole 
nation is tongue tied and that this is the primary reason ;-)

I would like to share with you on this subject: When my eldest son went to 
school, the schoolnurse gave me a call about his speech: he could not roll 
his r. I discussed this with her and we came to the conclusion that he might 
have picked it up from me ( he is not raised bilangual, I did sing, speak 
and read to him in Danish and he watched Danish childrens programs - untill 
this day he can sing Postman Pat in English, Dutch and Danish!)

My other son has a beautiful rolling R: we used to challenge him to make him 
say words with more than 1 R in it!

So: no conclusions. Interesting to tell: the first son had been exclusively 
breastfed for 4 months. He cannot roll his R's and needed brackets at some 
point. The other son was breastfed over 4 years: never tolerated anything in 
his mouth like pacifiers of teats, can roll his R and never needed brackets.

Heidi Akkers, just musing
lc in pp in the Netherlands

Op 19 mrt. 2014 wk 12, om 12:41 heeft Pamela Morrison 
<[log in to unmask]> het volgende geschreven:

> Well, the exception to the rule....  I cannot roll my 'r's - have never 
> been able to.  I don't have a tongue tie.  But my husband, who _does_ have 
> a moderate TT, can roll his 'r's beautifully!  Go figure.
>
> Pamela Morrison IBCLC
> Rustington, England

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