WITH regard to the very interesting researches on vowel sounds by Prof. Scripture published in NATURE of January 13 (p. 632) and January 20 (p. 664), I beg to be permitted to state that the ...

In line with the idea that certain sounds may coincide with particular emotions, researchers have found that words may ...

finding the two groups mostly pronounce vowels differently. Inland variations tend to form sounds with a tighter mouth, ...