[78-L] Pronunciations and odd label misspellings

[Steven C. Barr]

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From: "Royal Pemberton" <ampex354 at gmail.com>
>I wonder where another strange speech quirk comes from.  I once knew a
> person whose r's turned into a 'w' sound....as in saying 'I'm
> fweezing!'--and no, she wasn't trying to do an Elmer Fudd.  (I never
> asked her if she could say 'rrrascally rrrabbit' either.)
> 
VERY common among children...who usually out-grow it! My twin younger
brothers wound up assigned to a "speech therapist," since their bad habits
reinforced each other's! It is all in how you hold your mouth whether you
get "rrrrr" or "wwwww"...!

...stevenc