Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
BETACISM
Noun
betacism (usually uncountable, plural betacisms)
(phonology) A sound change in which [b] (the voiced bilabial plosive) shifts to [v] (the voiced labiodental fricative).
A speech disorder involving excessive use of the [b] sound, or conversion of other sounds into it.
Source: Wiktionary
Be"ta*cism, Be`ta*cis"mus, n.
Definition: Excessive or extended use of the b sound in speech, due to conversion of other sounds into it, as through inability to distinguish them from b, or because of difficulty in pronouncing them.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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