A Bonus Letter L for Sayers of “Both” as “Bolth”

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Answers to our online survey of some 2500 respondents suggest that some 10 percent of English speakers pronounce both as “bolth,” and there’s apparently no regional component to this pronunciation marked by what linguists call an intrusive L. This is part of a complete episode.

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