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Accents are funny in that they have this odd draw for us, yet we forget we have one, too. No one is without an accent, but the one you’ve got seems like oatmeal to their caviar.

Deb Caletti

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Deb Caletti
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: June 16
Novelist
Writer
San Rafael
California
Without
Accent
Like
Accents
Odd
Draw
Draws
Forget
Funny
Caviar
Seems
Oatmeal

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