The darling mispronunciations of childhood! - dear me, there's no musi…

Mark Twain
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The darling mispronunciations of childhood! - dear me, there's no music that can touch it; and how one grieves when it wastes away and dissolves into correctness, knowing it will never visit his bereaved ear again. ✨ Mark Twain (1889). A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, p.393, Createspace Independent Pub
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