Associations to the word «Betacism»
Noun
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Wiktionary
BETACISM, noun. (linguistics) A sound change in which [b] (the voiced bilabial plosive) shifts to [v] (the voiced labiodental fricative).
BETACISM, noun. A speech disorder involving excessive use of the [b] sound, or conversion of other sounds into it.
Wise words
The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and
nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar
words.