What does apertness mean?
Apertness means (archaic) Openness; frankness..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(archaic) Openness; frankness..
And in general, the Freedom or Apertneſs and vigour of pronuncing (as is particularly obſerved in the Bocca Romana) and giving ſomevvhat more of Aſpiration; And on the other ſide, the cloſeneſs and Mufling, and (as I may ſay) Lazineſs of ſpeaking […] render the ſound of their Speech conſiderably different, though they all ſhould uſe the ſame Alphabet.
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Apertness means (archaic) Openness; frankness..
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And in general, the Freedom or Apertneſs and vigour of pronuncing (as is particularly obſerved in the Bocca Romana) and giving ſomevvhat more of Aſpiration; And on the other ſide, the cloſeneſs and Mufling, and (as I may ſay) Lazineſs of ſpeaking […] render the ſound of their Speech conſiderably different, though they all ſhould uſe the ſame Alphabet.
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