Front Rounded Vowels

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

    In front of these sinister facts, the first lesson of history is the good of evil. Good is a good doctor, but Bad is sometimes a better.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    In former years it was said that at three o’clock in the afternoon all sober persons were rounded up and herded off the grounds, as undesirable. The tradition of insobriety is still carefully preserved.
    —For the State of Vermont, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)

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