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"Could I have another zwer-wink, please?"

"Zander.  It's a D.  Say it.  Dah  Dah  Dah.  Dah-Rink."

"Zwer--"

"No!  Dah.  Dah.  D.  Say the D."

Zander has problems with diction.  Certain letters and words he is just unable to articulate correctly.  I blame his fingers.  Namely the fact that he continues to suck them and essentially has learned to speak with his fingers in his mouth.  His tongue is so used to forming words around the fingers that even when he takes them out--you can't tell the difference.

It drives me nuts!

And so went our little lesson this evening during dinner.  He wanted another drink and I wanted him to pronounce the word correctly.  We tried.

And tried.

"Dah----rink.  Dah--rink.  Dah-rink."  I tried to get him to repeat it ...
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