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Jane Austen quote about speech from Northanger Abbey (1817) - I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible.

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“ I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible. ”

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Author

Jane Austen

Source

Northanger Abbey

Topic

speech intelligibility

Date

1817

Language

English

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