Mumbled
Both words in one sentence
- Guests who wanted his honest opinion were advised to approach and speak, "as it were, into a vacancy" and hope to hear a mumbled reply.
Source: Shrinking Violet / Real Life - Sweden's heavy Touhoku dialect was translated into a mumbled grunt speak.
Source: Accent Adaptation -
Newspapers at the time reported his last words were "Such is life", while his warden, who was present at the hanging said that when Kelly was asked to speak his final words he mumbled something that could not be heard.
Source: Land Downunder
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