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IMO the pronunciation of the R varies greatly by region. Some Austrian and German dialects roll it, some don't. I can't roll it, but some Bavarians and people from the Innviertel do.
In German the pronunciation of CH also varies. I believe in southern Germany in Bavaria the CH is more soft while in Northern Germany it more of the guttural sound. Not sure how Austrians pronounce CH.
Also the G in German it's pronounced quite differently. I believe in standard German The G is pronounced similar to what it is in English. Although in northern Germany the G can be pronounced like the Dutch G the guttural sound.
The way many Anglo's pronounce the W is like "Wh".
Never heard a European Germanic pronounce Wiener as Viener.
Okay, time to get technical. From a linguistic standpoint, the German W is articulated just like the English V. In the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), this sound is written as /v/. So yes, from an English-speaker's point of view, Wiener is pronounced "Viener."
In Dutch, V is pronounced /v/ and W is pronounced /ʋ/. This sound /ʋ/ doesn't exist in German or English and is similar to but not the same as either /w/ or /v/. You can look it up under "labiodental approximant."
In English, W and "Wh" (aspirated W) are two different sounds, but most speakers rarely use Wh.
In the IPA, these sounds are represented by /w/ and /ʍ/ .
Neither of those sounds exists in the standard phonology of German or Dutch.
So, it's no wonder those sounds are slightly confusing when Germans, Dutch, and English speak each other's languages. The letters look the same, the sounds are similar, but not exactly the same.
Needless to say, this has nothing to do with R, which has various phonetic realizations in different languages, but none of them is /w/. Still it's interesting to hear that some people perceive it that way.
^^ Some English or Welsh folks, if suffering from catarrh or a similar condition, will, from time-to-time, pronounce r as w. For example, Roy Harris Jenkins, the Baron of Hillhead, would so-much do this that he came to be widely-known as Woy Jenkins, or just Woy
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