true: thursday afternoon, my 2-year old niece requested my assistance in retrieving a duck from the playpen her 9-month old sisters were playing inside. i said "the big one? or the lɪ.dəl one?" she said "lɪtl̩!" 

i said "that's right - correct my glottal stop. but it won't work. they've been trying to fix it for years."

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