Front Rounded Vowels

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

“In front of dwarves one should not talk about midgets.”
—Chinese proverb.

“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)