Fortunately, most of these were former French colonies, and through a combination of quiet diplomacy and well-placed French nationals in the various air-traffic-control centers, the 300-mile-long stream of American aircraft flew the width of Africa as uneventfully as a red-eye flight from LAX to JFK.

“You're not answering me directly—I'm really on the struggle bus about this!” Jane exploded.

We now come to the so-called aspirate [h], which must be also classified as a fricative consonant.

You want me to go to the party with you? Get knotted!