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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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '45 Faces Voice Tests In Holden | 9/23/1941 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Cherce v. Grahss | 3/11/1940 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Oct. 30, 1939 | 10/30/1939 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: How to Croon | 10/9/1939 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: How to Croon | 10/9/1939 | See Source »

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