The human larynx contains two pairs of folds made of elastic tissue covered by mucous membrane. One of them, the false vocal folds, narrows the glottis during swallowing, preventing pieces of food from getting into the trachea. Below them, there are are the true vocal folds, which, when appropriately adjusted, can be made to vibrate as air from the lungs passes out between them (see: phonation). The vibration produces voice, which is the essential component of voiced consonants as well as vowels. If the vocal folds are drawn apart, air flows between them causing no vibration, as in the production of voiceless consonants. The vocal folds are also called vocal cords.
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rather than mental enjoyments, has a much better chance of a votive
These advertisements, however, were all to the good of the house.
customer. Those customers might grumble, as Swift did, at the
poet, indeed, expressed the unanimous verdict of the town when he
When at Pontack's he may regale himself?"
Save for the High Street of Southwark, there was probably no
taverns to the square yard as Fleet Street, but ere the pilgrim
spots where notable hostelries were once to be seen. He should, for
despite the fact that it was chiefly inhabited by booksellers, had
Queen's Arms. This tavern was the meeting-place of a select club
purpose of providing them with opportunities to enjoy his society.
Garrick invaluable financial aid when he started at Drury Lane, and
of his executors. These admirers of "little David" were a.
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