Word: accent
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...imagined that Pupil Elmer was insulting her. She did not speak his language. Pupil Elmer, recent immigrant from Jugoslavia spoke no English. That was six years ago. Last week Pupil Elmer, about to graduate from highschool, was chosen valedicatorian of a class of 161. He spoke English with no accent. His address: "Alone I made my way . . . night school for aliens . . . patience of those teachers . . . who have led me out of a state of obscurity into an open sun-lit field where opportunities...
...strode a swarthy, heavy-set gentleman of 52, with a scholar's accent and the gestures of a man of action, Dr. Suzzallo. Among the things that he said to the schoolteachers of Oregon, things which surprisingly, they applauded, were the following...
...they twitted Senator Magnus ("Magnavox") Johnson about his Swedish accent; jibed at the silence of President Coolidge; had a bogus official with much chin foliage sing...
General Umberto Nobile, polar dirigible engineer: "An audience in Davenport, Iowa, demanded money back after hearing me lecture last week, declaring my Italian accent made my English unintelligible. Sued for $1,800, my promoters withheld from...
...reinforced by capable support from the actors; there is no high level of credibility, and the lines are not sparkling. Accept it as a play of situation, and recognize that no mental effort is necessary. Take your Princeton friends, they'll like it, even if they pan the Southern accent of the cast...