Independent Vowels

Famous quotes containing the words independent and/or vowels:

    “‘Ouch’ is not independent of social training. One has only to prick a foreigner to appreciate that it is an English word.”
    —Willard Van Orman Quine (b. 1908)

    “These equal syllables alone require,
    Though oft the ear the open vowels tire;”
    —Alexander Pope (1688–1744)