LALLATION

babble, babbling, lallation

(noun) gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby

lallation

(noun) defective articulation of the ‘l’ phoneme or the phoneme ‘r’ is pronounced as ‘l’

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

lallation (countable and uncountable, plural lallations)

The incorrect pronunciation of the letter "r" so that it sounds like an "l" (or "w").

Baby-talk or gibberish.

Source: Wiktionary


Lal*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. lallare to sing lalla, or lullaby: cf. F. lallation.]

Definition: An imperfect enunciation of the letter r, in which it sounds like l.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.

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