Accents are funny in that they have this odd draw for us, yet we forge…

Deb Caletti
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Accents are funny in that they have this odd draw for us, yet we forget we have one, too. No one is without an accent, but the one you’ve got seems like oatmeal to their caviar. ✨ Deb Caletti (2012). Stay, p.56, Simon and Schuster
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Accents are funny in that they have this odd draw for us, yet we forget we have one, too. No one is without an accent, but the one you’ve got seems like oatmeal to their caviar. ✨ Deb Caletti (2012). Stay, p.56, Simon and Schuster

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