Peter Ladefoged (1925–2006) British phonetician
Los Angeles Times (2004); on his response to Cukor's request to assist Rex Harrison to behave like a phonetician.
“I sing the cycle of my country's year,
I sing the tillage, and the reaping sing,
Classic monotony, that modes and wars
Leave undisturbed, unbettered, for their best
Was born immediate, of expediency.”
Winter, p. 1
The Land (1926)
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