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Persuasion is better than force. USE IN PHONETIC DEMONSTRATIONS The fable is made famous by its use in Phonetic descriptions of Language s as an illustration of spoken language. In the ''Handbook of the International Phonetic Association'' and the ''Journal of the International Phonetic Association'', a translation of the fable into each language described is transcribed into the International Phonetic Alphabet . For example, the description of American English in the ''Handbook of the International Phonetic Association'' includes the following as a sample text: Broad transcription : : : : : Narrow transcription : : : : : Orthographic version The North Wind and the Sun were disputing which was the stronger, when a traveler came along wrapped in a warm cloak. They agreed that the one who first succeeded in making the traveler take his cloak off should be considered stronger than the other. Then the North Wind blew as hard as he could, but the more he blew the more closely did the traveler fold his cloak around him; and at last the North Wind gave up the attempt. Then the Sun shined out warmly, and immediately the traveler took off his cloak. And so the North Wind was obliged to confess that the Sun was the stronger of the two. IN COMPARATIVE LINGUISTICS It has also been proposed as a Parallel Text in Comparative Linguistics . The narration makes a more natural language than the Lord's Prayer . REFERENCE SEE ALSO
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