George Washington's Speech Impediment

[Tom Zurinskas]

I wonder what this impediment sounded like.

http://www.washingtonpublishers.com/Washingtonia/george_washington_trivia.htm
Washington had a speech impediment. He would often get his “I’s” and “e’s” mixed up. This caused him to spell many words incorrectly.

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> Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:45:12 -0800
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> I've seen exx. of his spelling. IIRC, it was pretty bad, at least in his youth.
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> That "speech impediment" sounds more like a regional trait, wouldn't you say?
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> Next stage: "George Washington's embarrassing speech impediment was was the result of his ridiculous wooden teeth."
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> Fact: Washington's false teeth were made of ivory.
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> Like Barry, I wonder increasingly why we even bother.
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> JL
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> AAllan at AOL.COM wrote:
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> 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.
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> I hadn't heard about this before. Anyone know about it?
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> - Allan Metcalf
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