syllable
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Syllable by syllable, each actor may well be speaking authentic Philadelphian, but strung together all the accents become inconsistent, hard to understand and silly.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2014
Syllable by syllable, it transported me back to the city where I spent my 20s and developed a perverse love for the broad “a” and the tough-sounding transmutation of “the” into “duh.”
From New York Times • Aug. 29, 2013
Why look ye Citt, may this Drink never go thorough me, if ever blab one Syllable of any thing thou tell'st me as a Secret.
From Citt and Bumpkin (1680) by L'Estrange, Sir Roger
Her volume of "Bible Stories in Words of One Syllable", has been of great use and influence and has no doubt led to the writing of other historical narratives in the same manner.
From Authors and Writers Associated with Morristown With a Chapter on Historic Morristown by Colles, Julia Keese
At the 6th, when the Syllable of the Accent happens to be the last save two of a Word; as, Those Seeds of Luxury,—Debate, and Pride.Wall.
From The Art of English Poetry (1708) by Bysshe, Edward
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Reading: Literature - Introductory
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