Speak Clearly.

Speak Clearly. This is an excerpt ex��cerpt?n.A passage or segment taken from a longer work, such as a literary or musical composition, a document, or a film.tr.v. ex��cerpt��ed, ex��cerpt��ing, ex��cerpts1. from Gardner's 1969 book Never Make Fun Of ATurtle, My Son (Simon and Schuster, illustrated by John Alcorn This article is about the Canadian jazz singer. For the American artist, see John Alcorn (artist). John Alcorn is a Canadian jazz singer.Born in Toronto, Ontario and raised in Trinidad, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and New Hampshire, Alcorn returned ). Speak Clearly You're old enough to know, my son, It's really awfully rude If someone speaks when both his cheeks Are jammed and crammed with food. Your mother asked you bow you liked The onions in the stew: You stuffed your mouth with raisin bread And mumbled, "Vewee goo." Then when she asked you what you said, You took a drink of milk, And all that we could understand Was' "Uggle gluggle skwilk." And now you're asking me if you Can have more lemon jello. Please Listen carefully. "Yes, ifoo Arstilla ungwy fello." MARTIN GARDNER Martin Gardner (b. October 21, 1914, Tulsa, Oklahoma) is a popular American mathematics and science writer specializing in recreational mathematics, but with interests encompassing magic (conjuring), pseudoscience, literature (especially Lewis Carroll), philosophy, and religion. Norman, Oklahoma