Word: nasalate
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...modern La Fontaine is not without its tabular fabric. The delightful little gathering at Dayton last summer was an excellent opportunity to observe the workings of a common language and a diverse attitude. And there are gentlemen within the limits of Cambridge who never agree except in the nasal quality of their English. Madame La Fontaine errs with the devotee of Esperanto. A common language does not imply a mutual spirit...
Some Baptist women wondered whether their church was entirely fortunate. Certainly young Mr. Fosdick was nothing to look at ?his face was paunchy, his black knitted* hair gave an unkempt appearance. His voice, too, retained the flat tones, the slightly nasal twang of upstate New York. There was nothing about his person suggesting the aesthete. These, however, were trifles. There were more serious causes of offence?for example, he was perpetually stepping on the toes of U. S. sentimentality. And he often refused to come to the .telephone when he had retired to his study. But much was forgiven...
...about 11, something woke in the obscure night over their heads; at first no more than a drowsy, indistinguishable murmur, then a louder whine, like the nasal complaining of some fabulous insect; presently its eye became visible?a small inflamed pimple, swathed in huge bandages of mist. The more alert of the two campers nudged his companion...
...Wagnerites crowded the town to capacity, enthused over the general excellence of the performances. New hope was born in Manhattan operagoers with the appearance of Tenor Lauritz Melchior, an able actor with a good voice, who will come next year to the Metropolitan Opera House to help relieve the nasal Tenors Rudolf Laubenthal and Curt Taucher...
Generations of hymn-singers have glibly commented on the little town of Bethlehem, making a point of its quietude, its somnolence. These well-meaning vocalists, if endowed merely with the serviceable nasal sinuses of their kind, would never for a moment be tolerated in Bethlehem, Pa., where, last week, the annual Bach Festival* was given by community singers, assisted by members of the Philadelphia Orchestra, directed by John Frederick Wolle...