What Causes the "Elmer Fudd" accent?

[ZeroZero]

I will assume you all know who Emer Fudd is. Bugs Bunny’s rival…

In real life what causes a person to talk like Elmer? Is it similar to someone who lisps. And can it be corrected.

[Hombre]

I’ve heard it was labiovelar.

[Chefguy]

Bob Cousy disease.

Sorry.

[Kent_Clark]

There are various forms of Elmer Fuddism. I share one with Tom Brokaw – a “w” in place of “L” in the middle of a word. I received fairly intensive speech therapy for this when I was younger – exercises of repeated repetition to get my tongue to form the “La” sound rather than using my lips to form a “Wah”.

In my case, there’s nothing organically wrong with my ability to form sounds. It’s a “lazy tongue” and the treatment is continued drilling.

[The_Chao_Goes_Mu]

@kunilou

There are various forms of Elmer Fuddism. I share one with Tom Brokaw – a “w” in place of “L” in the middle of a word. I received fairly intensive speech therapy for this when I was younger – exercises of repeated repetition to get my tongue to form the “La” sound rather than using my lips to form a “Wah”.

In my case, there’s nothing organically wrong with my ability to form sounds. It’s a “lazy tongue” and the treatment is continued drilling.

Move to Pittsburgh. No one will notice a thing.