broadcasters

[Donald M. Lance]

He also has strongly velarized l's, with little if any alveolar closure.  Maybe this is
what some perceive as a speech impediment.
DMLance

Beverly Flanigan wrote:

> What do you mean by speech impediment?  Brokaw (from South Dakota, not far
> from my Minnesota roots) has a most annoying habit of inserting glottal
> stops everywhere, but so does one of our secretaries, from southern Ohio.
>
> At 01:55 AM 8/6/00 -0700, you wrote:
> >>...In
> >>the U.S. national news, I know Brokaw is Canadian.
> >
> >Peter Jennings is Canadian.  Brokaw is American and has the speech impediment.
> >
> >Rima
>
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