notably the dental consonants, of course, because...well, they're the dentals. I don't think there's any change to the vowels, and the labials should remain unchanged for the most part. The "F" and "V" sounds are harder because normally they're made with the front teeth on the bottom lip.

That's what I can remember from something I read about language and children a million years ago, but I don't really have any concrete detail on how they sound when they're trying to mak those sounds and failing.

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*wikis dental consonants*

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Fic with kids! Fic with kids! *bounces up and down impatiently*

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Shoot, dialect is hard, especially since I seriously can't remember the most likely sound to be dropped/altered. *glares at fic*

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I live in fear of dialect. I adore it when written by others (I'm a special fan of the Redwall moles) but it freaking hard to write.

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DUDE THE REDWALL MOLES! \o/ I luff them, as you might say, like pie. *g* Turnip'n'tater'n'beetroot'n'bean deeper'n'ever pie, in fact.

But they were the bane of my read-aloud existence as a teenager.

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Oh, see, I loved reading them aloud. I have no problem reading dialect that's written out for me, it's trying to turn dialect into something that's true to the sound but still readable that's hard.

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