But all these vowels, whether approved or disapproved, have been under the pressure, for the past century, of a movement toward a general vowel neutralization, and in the long run it promises to dispose of many of them. Standard English has 19 separate vowel sounds. Here we are upon a wearing down process that shows many other symptoms. One finds, not only vowels disorganized, but also consonants. It is itself Note 108.
Stomp is used only in the sense of to stamp with the foot.
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