Things I Can’t Say, Cntd.


"Irreplicable." The on-again off-again "l" is a natural tongue-twister component; the "pl" and "bl" sounds I have particular trouble with. The result is a perfectly ordinary word that I cannot get out properly.

No, wait, I seem to be saying it just fine now. I must have been more tired than I realized last night. First, to have been having such difficulty; second, to have not realized that maybe my inability was simply a symptom of exhaustion; and third, to have obsessed over it for a good fifteen minutes.