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Take a twip on a twain
What does 'take a twip on a twain' mean?
2 apr. 2020 04:02
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This is an imitation of the speech of either a small child or a person who suffers from rhotacism (also known, confusingly, as de-rhotacism). This condition is the inability to articulate an 'r' sound.
Very young children often struggle to pronounce 'r' sounds, and a proportion of adults remain unable to do this. The attempt to pronounce an 'r' usually comes out as something like a 'w' sound.
If the speaker is a small child, writing their attempts to say 'trip on a train' as 'twip on a twain' makes them sound cute; if the speaker is an older child or an adult with a speech impediment, the writer is mocking them.
2 april 2020
Hello Kai, this is a spelling error and is meant to say ‘take a trip on a train’
Hope this helps!
2 april 2020
thank you very much Chris
2 april 2020
This mocks a person who pronounces R as W. “trip on a train”
2 april 2020
Heb je je antwoorden nog steeds niet gevonden?
Schrijf je vragen op en laat de moedertaalsprekers je helpen!
Kai
Taalvaardigheden
Chinees (Mandarijn), Engels, Russisch
Taal die wordt geleerd
Engels, Russisch
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