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Word: studyin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Visiting in Manhattan between retakes of Gone With the Wind, in which she plays Scarlett O'Hara, picture-pretty, British-born Cinemactress Vivien Leigh (real name: Vivien Mary Hartley Holman) gave newsmen a sample of her synthetic Southern drawl: "Just think, honey, in only a week of studyin' Ah learned to speak this-a-way. They gave me a test and honest-to-God if Ah didn't pass just like that. Wasn't it lovely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jul. 24, 1939 | 7/24/1939 | See Source »

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