Here ia a hint for telephone talkers who are sometimes addicted to careless pronunciation. One of the test phrases sent through the Paris telephone was as follows : The son set in a silvery sea in Somersetshire.” Tho telephone articulated this satisfactorily. “S” is said to be a very difficult sound to transmit—a fact which indicates the repugnance of nature to perpetuate anything unpleasant. Mr Preece states that the diflerence between “S ” and “ Z," “ U ” and “T,” and “B ” and •* P” is also a difficulty to overcome in ordinary telephony.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 9317, 11 June 1891, Page 4
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89Page 4 Advertisements Column 6 New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 9317, 11 June 1891, Page 4
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