English Language Question

bednobs | 15:33 Mon 08th Jun 2020 | ChatterBank

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is there a name for someone inserting extra vowel sounds between two consonant sounds in speech ?
examples:
Les -er -ly
Lunch - er time
Mag - er- num

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the process is called svarbhakti but I don't know that there's a name for the people who do it. https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/svarabhakti

15:38 Mon 08th Jun 2020

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Old_Geezer

Wow. If I could remember all (or any) of this, I might learn something.

bhg481

TCL //
The English language must be hellish to learn for foreign folk... //

It seems to be difficult enough for British folk.

Old_Geezer

Probably not as hellish as learning languages that don't use the latin alphabet and refuse to space out the different concepts/ideas in the text. (recent experience.)

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