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...very rattle of its inside rollers, toothed wheels, and springs, as heard when it talked, imparted to its language a genuine English accent. Again, in one of his short stories, he describes English pronunciation and language as follows: "They take a dozen monosyllables into their mouth, chew them, crunch them, spit them out again - and this is what they call speaking...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ENGLISH VOWEL-SOUNDS. | 5/2/1873 | See Source »

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