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George S. Kaufman
George S. Kaufman

George S. Kaufman was an American playwright, born on November 16, 1889, and died on June 2, 1961. He is renowned for his witty and humorous plays, and is considered one of the most outstanding figures in American theater during the 20th century. more

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“The mastery of one's phonemes may be compared to the violinist's mastery of fingering. The violin string lends itself to a continuous gradation of tones, but the musician learns the discrete intervals at which to stop the string in order to play the conventional notes. We sound our phonemes like poor violinists, approximating each time to a fancied norm, and we receive our neighbor's renderings indulgently, mentally rectifying the more glaring inaccuracies.”

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