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    The Chaos
    The Chaos
    The Chaos
    Audiobook1 hour

    The Chaos

    Written by Gerald Nolst Trenité

    Narrated by LibriVox Community

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    About this audiobook

    The Chaos is a poem which demonstrates the irregularity of English spelling and pronunciation, written by Gerard Nolst Trenité (1870-1946), also known under the pseudonym Charivarius. It first appeared in an appendix to the author's 1920 textbook Drop Your Foreign Accent: engelsche uitspraakoefeningen. (From Wikipedia)
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
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