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>Speaking of names, why do the anchors pronounce the Egypt-based correspondent's name "Layla Fadel" while she pronounces her own name "Layla Faldin"? This irritates me no end! It's a product of accent. Her last name is فضل . The anchors are producing the Arabic letter ض as [d], whereas Leila herself is pronouncing it as the Lebanese do: [dˤ]. The pharyngealization of the voiced alveolar stop has an effect on the nex…
So is it essentially like when an American pronounces the name, Pedro, with a rhotic R and without the alveolar trill?
You have the concept right. However, in Spanish the 'r' in "Pedro" is not a trill but a tap. In Spanish, the trill only comes after /n/, /l/, or /s/ or at the beginning of a word.