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Which excerpt from "Daughter of Invention" reveals Laura’s Dominican origin through unique pronunciation?

"You girls are going to drive me crazy!" she threatened, if they kept nagging. "When I end up in Bellevue, you'll be safely sorry!"
"Remember that time we took the car to Bear Mountain, and we re-ah-lized that we had forgotten to pack an opener with our pick-a-nick?"
"Maybe not. Maybe, just maybe, there's something they've missed that's important. With patience and calm, even a burro can climb a palm."
"Ay, Cuco. Remember how I showed you that suitcase with little wheels so we should not have to carry those heavy bags when we traveled? Someone stole my idea and made a million!"

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
The second excerpt:

"Remember that time we took the car to Bear Mountain, and we re-ah-lized that we had forgotten to pack an opener with our pick-a-nick?"

The phonetic spellings "re-ah-lized" and "pick-a-nick" indicate a Spanish-influenced pronunciation, marking Laura’s Dominican origin.