Soun is noght but air ybroken, And every speche that is spoken, Loud or privee, foul or fair, … - Geoffrey Chaucer

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Shyness displays itself differently in me. I think it's more an awkwardness.

Geoffrey Chaucer

Soun is noght but air ybroken, And every speche that is spoken, Loud or privee, foul or fair, In his substaunce is but air; For as flaumbe is but lighted smoke, Right so soun is air ybroke.

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