Book 26. (1 results) Witness of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 4 | 151 | View more quotes about whereas">Whereas it is surely possible to speak a language which one has not learned in one's childhood without an accent, it is, as one might suppose, unusual. |
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Book 26. (7 results) Witness of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 4 | 148 | Other doors opened, farther down the hall, behind me. |
| 4 | 149 | Patterns of light moved about on the stones, the consequence, I suppose, of the movements of lanterns. |
| 4 | 150 | He had had an accent, of course. |
| 4 | 151 | Whereas it is surely possible to speak a language which one has not learned in one's childhood without an accent, it is, as one might suppose, unusual. |
| 4 | 152 | One's speech generally tends to retain a foreign flavor. |
| 4 | 153 | Sometimes that the tongue one speaks is not native to one is revealed by so little as an occasional slip in pronunciation, say, the shifting treatment of a consonant, perhaps under conditions of stress, such as anger, or fear. |
| 4 | 154 | He had made no attempt, as far as I could tell, to disguise an accent. |
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Other doors opened, farther down the hall, behind me.
Patterns of light moved about on the stones, the consequence, I suppose, of the movements of lanterns.
He had had an accent, of course.
Whereas it is surely possible to speak a language which one has not learned in one's childhood without an accent, it is, as one might suppose, unusual.
One's speech generally tends to retain a foreign flavor.
Sometimes that the tongue one speaks is not native to one is revealed by so little as an occasional slip in pronunciation, say, the shifting treatment of a consonant, perhaps under conditions of stress, such as anger, or fear.
He had made no attempt, as far as I could tell, to disguise an accent.
- (Witness of Gor)