Vowel Length Rule

Famous quotes containing the words vowel, length and/or rule:

    “Brute animals have the vowel sounds; man only can utter consonants.”
    —Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834)

    “Oft have I mused, but now at length I find,
    Why those that die, men say they do depart.”
    —Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586)

    “As a rule they will refuse even to sample a foreign dish, they regard such things as garlic and olive oil with disgust, life is unliveable to them unless they have tea and puddings.”
    —George Orwell (1903–1950)