What is the meaning of precocious?
1 : exceptionally early in development or occurrence precocious puberty. 2 : exhibiting mature qualities at an unusually early age a precocious child.
Do you pronounce the L in polka?
For “polka“, it says that in BE (in the UK) the L is always pronounced, while in AE (in the US) both pronunciations are correct: with and without the L. For “polka-dot” the WR dictionary only lists the “without the L” AE pronunciation.