GRASSEYEMENT
\ɡɹˈasa͡ɪmənt], \ɡɹˈasaɪmənt], \ɡ_ɹ_ˈa_s_aɪ_m_ə_n_t]\
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Speaking thick. According to Sauvages, a vicious pronunciation of the letter r. They who speak thick, like the inhabitants of Newcastle, in England, or of Havre, in France, have difficulty in pronouncing the r, and they frequently substitute for it the letter l; but this does not properly constitute Grasseyement. It consists in this: that, in words in which the letter r is joined to another consonant, a sort of burring or guttural rolling is heard, nearly like that produced by gargling. See Rotocism.
By Robley Dunglison
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