[78-L] Pronunciations and odd label misspellings

[David Lennick]

And Baba Wawa is how old?

dl

Royal Pemberton wrote:
> Hmmmm....this was a girl of 19 I was describing (and not in months, but years).
> 
> On 1/10/09, Steven C. Barr <stevenc at interlinks.net> wrote:
>> ---- Original Message -----
>> 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