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The Chaos

by Gerard Nolst Trenité

“The Chaos” is a poem which demonstrates the irregularity of English spelling and pronunciation, written by Gerard Nolst Trenité (1870-1946), also known under the pseudonym Charivarius. It first appeared in an appendix to the author’s 1920 textbook Drop Your Foreign Accent: engelsche uitspraakoefeningen. (From Wikipedia)

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• Wikipedia – Gerard Nolst Trenité (1870-1946)
• Wikipedia – The Chaos
• The Chaos – Phonetic transcription
• LibriVox’s The Chaos Internet Archive page
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  Read by: David Lawrence
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• Version 7 – 00:06:55
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  Read by: Lars Rolander
• Version 8 – 00:06:40
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  Read by: Mark F. Smith
• Version 9 – 00:04:12
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  Read by: mjbrichant
• Version 10 – 00:07:48
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  Read by: PepsiBoo
• Version 11 – 00:07:02
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  Read by: Rhonda Federman
• Version 12 – 00:06:13
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  Read by: Sergio Baldelli
• Version 13 – 00:06:04
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  Read by: Tricia G

Cataloged on December 23, 2008