Word: twang
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...accident of his birth is one of the funniest things about this thoroughly American versifier. When you meet him, you will find an earnest little gentleman, with a habit of talking swiftly and seriously, in a twang that is unmistakably U. S. A. He was born in Vienna?of American parentage, to be sure. However, any Viennese tendencies he may have had were safely obliterated by college training at the College of the City of New York, from which he was graduated in 1891. He then turned to editorial work and used the famous blue pencil in such offices...
...countless subsequent generations of Greek classes. The whole train--crafty Ulysses, noble Priam, brave Hector, fair-haired Menelaus, together with the attendant array of angry gods and jealous goddesses, and all the clangor of archaic war, the rumbling of chariots, the crash of spear on shield, and the dominating twang of Apollo's silver bow--was thought to be nothing more than the day dream of an idle afternoon, as the blind minstrel whiled away the sunny hours on some hillside overlooking...
...many amusing situations that arise. D. P. Cook '05, who wrote the book, is fascinating as the gay grass widow and his excellent singing leaves little to be desired. W. W. Fisher '04, as the rollicking farmer, Caleb Sweet, is life-like on account of his peculiar nasal twang. An entirely different part, the hustling showman, is effectively carried by C. P. Whorf '05, as are also the parts of "Ikklehopper" by F. E. Shirk '06 and the city lawyer by H. R. Pratt...
...without any apparent nervousness. The leading role--that of King Philippine,--was taken by J. C. Miller 1L. He portrayed the avaricious, whimsical old man in a very amusing manner. H. F. Hurlburt 1L as Lord Chichester was excellent. His lines were pointed; and he had cultivated a laughable twang together with the languor and stupidity of the stage Englishman. His song in the second act, "Etiquette," received several encores. N. L. Tenney '03 was peculiarly fitted for his part of Father Chartreuse. At the close of the second act, he removed his cowl and appeared in white satin...
...England's eclogues-then with nasal twang...