postvocalic /l/ intrusion

[Hillary Brown]

Yes, you do.

On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Charles Doyle <cdoyle at uga.edu> wrote:

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> My little grandson, a studious kindergartner, likes to spell out certain
> words in sentences that he utters ("Can I give this bone to the d-o-g?").
>  Yesterday he was puttering in the yard, and he came to ask me, "Where do
> you keep the s-a-l"?  A follow-up query confirmed that he meant "saw."
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> (I have very adorable grandchildren.)
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> --Charlie
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