Evangeline has one really cute mispronunciation that I want to remember before I forget

[conuly]

She says "cairon" for crayon. I got bored and quizzed her yesterday:

Me: Can you say "crane"?
Her: C'ane.
Me: Can you say "cradle"?
Her: C'ado
Me: Can you say "crayon"?
Her: Cairon.
Me: Can you say "crazy"?
Her: C'azy.
Me: Can you say... uh...
Ana: Ask her if she can say rock and roll!
Me: *sigh* Can you say rock and roll?
Her: Wock an woll.

So, yes. But crayon, despite all expectations, is consistently cairon.

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[chi1013.livejournal.com]

That's really cute! She has the r sound, but she can't do it in consonant clusters. Which is really interesting because she can't say it at the beginning of words. But she can say it in the middle of words.

How old is she again?

[conuly]

Three on Monday!

She actually doesn't do rs. They come out more like ws, or somewhere in between - unless they're at the end of a vowel, in which case she gets them right.

And she reduces all her clusters. Stops stay, generally.