George Washington's Speech Impediment

[Allan A Metcalf]

In the Writer's Almanac this morning, Garrison Keillor said that George
Washington had a speech impediment. In particular, he mixed i's and e's, both in
speaking and in writing.

I hadn't heard about this before. Anyone know about it?

- Allan Metcalf


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