Front Rounded Vowels

Famous quotes containing the words front, rounded and/or vowels:

    “Here, in front of the summer hotel
    the beach waits like an altar.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    “I was not unemployed in my profession by the late John Jacob Astor; a name which, I admit, I love to repeat, for it hath a rounded and orbicular sound to it, and rings like unto bullion.”
    —Herman Melville (1819–1891)

    “Playing “bop” is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing.”
    —Duke Ellington (1899–1974)