Book 7. (1 results) Captive of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 6 | 196 | And I supposed they had been, at View more quotes about least">least on the whole, native speakers of English. |
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Book 7. (7 results) Captive of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 6 | 193 | It struck me then what was familiar about the language Targo spoke. |
| 6 | 194 | I had heard only a word or two of it before. |
| 6 | 195 | My captors had conversed, almost entirely, in English. |
| 6 | 196 | And I supposed they had been, at least on the whole, native speakers of English. |
| 6 | 197 | But I recalled the accent of the large man, who had commanded them. |
| 6 | 198 | In English, that accent had marked his speech as foreign. |
| 6 | 199 | Here, however, a world away, I heard the same accent, or one similar, save that here it was not an accent. |
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It struck me then what was familiar about the language Targo spoke.
I had heard only a word or two of it before.
My captors had conversed, almost entirely, in English.
And I supposed they had been, at least on the whole, native speakers of English.
But I recalled the accent of the large man, who had commanded them.
In English, that accent had marked his speech as foreign.
Here, however, a world away, I heard the same accent, or one similar, save that here it was not an accent.
- (Captive of Gor)