#syllable

Rhythm and sounds are born with syllables. ↗

— Jean Philippe Rameau

#rhythm #sounds #syllables

Previously known for its six syllables of sweetness and light, reconciliation has become the political fighting word of the year. ↗

— William Safire

#fighting #known #light #political #previously

In a society in which equality is a fact, not merely a word, words of racial or sexual assault and humiliation will be nonsense syllables. ↗

— Catharine MacKinnon

#equality #fact #humiliation #merely #nonsense

Out of the simple consonants of the alphabet and our eleven vowels and diphthongs all possible syllables of a certain sort were constructed, a vowel sound being placed between two consonants. ↗

— Hermann Ebbinghaus

#being #between #certain #consonants #constructed

I try to write conversationally; I try to write like people speak and put the emphasis on the right syllable. ↗

— Don Henley

#i #like #people #put #right

To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#fire #learn #light #out #read

Series of syllables which have been learned by heart, forgotten, and learned anew must be similar as to their inner conditions at the times when they can be recited. ↗

— Hermann Ebbinghaus

#been #conditions #forgotten #heart #inner

As Chloe, I can honestly say I've never uttered a syllable of a curse word, not even behind closed doors. ↗

— Chloe Moretz

#chloe #closed #curse #doors #even

I'm excited about going back to 'Today,' but, at odd moments, I'll grit my teeth in anxiety. I feel like a student before the start of school. I've got my new shoes and my book bag, but I'm not sure I'll remember how to do trigonometry. During my maternity leave, I haven't used many words of more than one syllable. ↗

— Jane Pauley

#anxiety #back #bag #before #book

One needs but to say that, in the case of an unfamiliar sequence of syllables, only about seven can be grasped in one act, but that with frequent repetition and gradually increasing familiarity with the series this capacity of consciousness may be increased. ↗

— Hermann Ebbinghaus

#act #capacity #case #consciousness #familiarity