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GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT
ROLLED R'S OR HISSED S'S
Bilbo seeing what had happened and having nothing better to ask
stuck to his question, "What have I got in my pocket?" he said louder.
"S-s-s-s-s," hissed Gollum. "It must give us three guesseses, my
preciouss, three guesseses."
"Very well! Guess away!" said Bilbo.
"Handses!" said Gollum.
"Wrong," said Bilbo, who had luckily just taken his hand out again.
"Guess again!"
"S-s-s-s-s," said Gollum more upset than ever. He thought of all
the things he kept in his own pockets: fishbones, goblins' teeth, wet
shells, a bit of bat-wing, a sharp stone to sharpen his fangs on, and
other nasty things. He tried to think what other people kept in their
pockets.
-J.R.R. ToLKIEN, The Hobbit
... [T]he Lady, who rode side-saddle and wore a long, fluttering
dress of dazzling green, was lovelier still.
"Good day, t-r-r-avellers," she cried out in a voice as sweet as the
sweetest bird's song, trilling herR's delightfully. "Some of you are
young pilgrims to walk this rough waste."
"That's as may be, Ma'am," said Puddleglum very stiffly and on
his guard.
"We're looking for the ruined city of the giants," said jill.
"The r-r-ruined city?" said the Lady. "That is a strange place to be
seeking ... "
-C.S. LEWIS, The Silver Chair
STUTTERING, STAMMERING OR TEETH-CHATTERING
... the first time joshua had been invited there for dinner, Trimble
had grasped his hand, indicated the bronzed young man scraping the
dock, and said, "I want you to meet a future prime minister of Canada."
Charlie dipped his head, blushed, and said, "P-p-pleased to meet
you, Mr. Sh-sh-shapiro."
-MoRDECAI RICHLER, joshua Then and Now
To indicate an actual cutting off of speech, use a dash instead.
For discussion of this use of the dash, turn to page 158.
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