Americans sometimes finger the uvular fricatives (r) in German as harsh, but French has the same sound and French doesn't get called harsh, Sharon Inkelas, a professor of linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley, told The Huffington Post in an email.
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In addition, the fishing industry was a primary source of wealth in Massachusetts. But throughout the colonies, people relied primarily on small farms and self-sufficiency. Households produced their own candles and soaps, preserved food, brewed beer and, in most cases, processed their own yarn to make cloth.