In medical contexts, rhotacism (/ˈroʊtəsɪzəm/) is the inability to pronounce or difficulty in pronouncing the sound r. Many speech pathologists call this problem de-rhotacization, because the sounds lose their rhotic quality rather than becoming rhotic.
Rhotacism (speech impediment) – Wikipedia
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TIL that after the courts found insufficient proof against his daughter’s killer, a father hired 2 guys to kidnap the man and transport him to France. The man was found “tied up and dumped near a French courthouse.” He received 15 years in prison. Dad got a 1-year suspended sentence for kidnapping.
IWTL how to comfort sad people
Whenever one of my friends is sad or crying I’m just so awkward and don’t know what to do, I want to help them feel better but don’t know how.
Lifespan of a tree. Kind of makes me sad.
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YSK that encrypted emails are just as easy as normal ones. The rise of encryption will stop mass surveillance.
Lately encrypted email (Tutanota, Posteo) and chat (Signal, Wire) apps are on the rise. The more people use them, the harder it will get for online spies to monitor everybody’s conversations online. Or as Bruce Schneier puts it: “Every time you use encryption, you’re protecting someone who needs to use it to stay alive.”
IBM Quantum Computer
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