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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(transitive) To withdraw or retract (something told); to never have told..
Narrative untells itself by multiplying itself into discontinuous "turns" that cannot be resolved into a continuous story.
Trinh (1991) writes that untelling the stories of privilege and marginality is a form of displacement that takes a long time.
And once his story was told, it was told; there was no way to untell it, no way to make himself look good.
That Time could turn up his swift sandy glass, / To untell the days, and to redeem these hours.
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Untell means (transitive) To withdraw or retract (something told); to never have told..
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Narrative untells itself by multiplying itself into discontinuous "turns" that cannot be resolved into a continuous story.
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