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It happened that the city editor called him to the desk a few minutes later and said: "Go see about this conference." "You go to hell!" the reporter replied, smilingly, gently replacing the slip on the greenish desk. "T-t-t-t-t " Mr. Dekod sputtered. There is something new under the sun!
Quite notoriously, many singers entirely fail to make their words intelligible to the listener, and in the majority of cases this is due to insufficient stressing of the consonants. Vowel tones carry, while consonants do not. If we want to shout to anyone we call out "Hi" or "Hey": never by any chance do we try to reach them with a "P-p-p-p-p" or a "T-t-t-t-t," and for precisely this reason.
She looked hastily at the bread in the oven. Then, glancing on the table, she saw her money lying. Paul had been working all the time. But now he felt his mother counting the week's money, and her wrath rising, "T-t-t-t-t!" went her tongue. He frowned. He could not work when she was cross. She counted again. "A measly twenty-five shillings!" she exclaimed. "How much was the cheque?"
"Quoik!" he began, very low, and then quickly added, "Whe-up! ch'k! ch'k! toot! toot! too! t-t-t-t-t!" concluding with a very good imitation of a watchman's rattle.
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