By George, I think she's got it!

My little girl, who is turning four tonight, started speech therapy because she said "ee" instead of "oo" (see here) like a Galitzianer. The therapist was able to correct it in the first session, but pointed out that my daughter also failed to distinguish between a short "e" and "a"; "bad" and "bed" both came out "bad." We hadn't noticed that she had a bit of a cockney accent, like Eliza in My Fair Lady. "Amy" came out as a rounded "aye-my."

At the fourth session she was still having trouble; it's hard to open your mouth just the right amount. My husband practiced singing "The Rain in Spain" with her. And a few days after that last session, she suddenly said the sounds correctly. And so my husband said, "By George, I think she's got it!"