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Would this be BE for "small girls"?

Please be happy, ," Nicole urged him. "Why don't you meet some of these ICKLE DIRLS and dance with them in the afternoon?"

Tender is the Night, by F. Scott Fitzgerald (chapter38) http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/f/fitzgerald/f scott//tender/chapter38.html
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Marius Hancu
  

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[nq:1]Would this be BE for "small girls"? Please be happy, ," Nicole urged him. " Tender is the Night, by F.

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[nq:1]Would this be BE for "small girls"? Please be happy, ," Nicole urged him. "Why don't you meet someof these ICKLE DIRLS and dance with them in the afternoon?" Tender is the Night, by F. Scott Fitzgerald (chapter38)[/nq]
http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/f/fitzgerald/f sco
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[nq:1]Would this be BE for "small girls"?[/nq]
F. Scott Fitzgerald was American, not British.
[nq:1] Please be happy, ," Nicole urged him. "Why don't you meet some of these ICKLE DIRLS and dance with them in the afternoon?" Tender is the Night, by F. Scott Fitzgerald (chapter38)[/nq]
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[nq:1]F. Scott Fitzgerald was American, not British.[/nq]
I knew, but I wasn't sure if and Nicole didn't borrow this strange baby talking manner from her sister, Baby, who was in love with all things British ...
[nq:1]It's baby talk for "little girls." Little = ickle. Girl = dirl.[/nq]
That's what I assumed. Thank you very much for confirmation.

Marius Hancu
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[nq:1]Would this be BE for "small girls"? Please be happy, ," Nicole urged him. "Why don't you meet some of these ICKLE DIRLS and dance with them in the afternoon?" Tender is the Night, by F. Scott Fitzgerald (chapter38)[/nq]
http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/f/fitzgerald/f sc
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[nq:2]Would this be BE for "small girls"? Please be ... afternoon?" Tender is the Night, by F. Scott Fitzgerald (chapter38)[/nq]
http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/f/fitzgerald/f scott//tender/chapter38.html
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[nq:1]It's baby talk for "little girls." Little = ickle. Girl = dirl.[/nq]
So babies get their mouths around the fact that there are dentals and velars, but get mixed up about which is which?
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[nq:2]It's baby talk for "little girls." Little = ickle. Girl = dirl.[/nq]
[nq:1] So babies get their mouths around the fact that there are dentals and velars, but get mixed up about which is which?[/nq]
I don't know from dentals and velars, but having a not-quite-two grandson I'm aware that babies have a problem pronouncing a hard G, as in grandpa.

John Varela

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