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Many of the recordings made so far reveal that the most over-worked word in the Yardling vocabulary is "uh" or "ah", and that the most common sentence construction is a long, awkward pause. Difficulties such as these will be attacked by Professor Packard and his staff after they have been exposed to the light by the voice recordings...
...Virginian pronounces ou sounds with a quick upward-looping inflection, so that "out" sounds like "a-oot." A North Carolinian may leave out the r's in "carry," but he puts a heavy r in certain other words. He says "Yes urr no" instead of "Yes uh no," as most Southerners would...
...United Retail and Wholesale Employes of America, bearing such signs as "Babs, we live on $15.60 a week. Could you?" "Babs flees Europe for peace. What about peace for the union?" Piqued, Barbara said: "Welcome home, I don't think." Said Robert Sweeny, "Oh, this is all very uh...
...that poignant last line of Kiss Me Again. You may think she has screamed as loudly as human lungs can manage all the way through the chorus, but you're wrong: she still has something special left for a flag finish. Here she goes. (Eyes glare.) 'Keesss-uh...
...uh! (puff) 'Keesss - uh - meee -uh! (Takes a stance now, pauses dramatically, then lets drive) 'Yuuuh-gay-ay-ay-nuh!' Now, I ask you, gentlemen, if the proposition were put up to you in that fashion - would you?" Ever since he whanged the piano in Harvard's "Gold Coast" dance band a dozen years ago, Hollywood's Charles Henderson has felt that a ditty is no place for a diva. When he got out of Harvard, Charlie Henderson started studying the business of crooning in earnest, as Rudy Vallee's pianist. When...