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Patrick’s breathing had become even more labored and Dr. Nadas said, “Welton, we go see the president” — his Hungarian accent turning the w’s into v’s.

From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2013

His th's slurred together, and his w’s started sounding like v’s.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia

I once hypnotized a man and made him read all of his a's as w's, his u's as v's, and his b's as x's.

From Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism How to Hypnotize: Being an Exhaustive and Practical System of Method, Application, and Use by Alpheus, A.

Bites her nails, cannot pronounce her h's, and misplaces her v's and w's.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 327, August 16, 1828 by Various

My p's and b's would wobble and bend till they looked like f's and v's, if I tried to halve a letter I quartered it.

From Far Off Things by Machen, Arthur