Front Rounded Vowels

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

    Let him front the object of his worst apprehension, and his stoutness will commonly make his fear groundless.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    The rounded world is fair to see,
    Nine times folded in mystery.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    As no one can tell what was the Roman pronunciation, each nation makes the Latin conform, for the most part, to the rules of its own language; so that with us of the vowels only A has a peculiar sound.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)