From 4fa57bd0af95d7e248dd5ce7100b9cd6c3206c44 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rick Waldron <waldron.rick@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2016 19:44:38 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Trim early

Signed-off-by: Rick Waldron <waldron.rick@gmail.com>
---
 lib/speaker.js | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/speaker.js b/lib/speaker.js
index cbe4063..df00dbd 100644
--- a/lib/speaker.js
+++ b/lib/speaker.js
@@ -75,14 +75,14 @@ Speaker.prototype.say = function(phrase) {
     // speaker.say(1);
 
     // Ensures: 0 -> "0"
-    phrase += '';
+    phrase = String(phrase).trim();
 
     // If the phrase is empty, nothing to do.
     if (!phrase) {
       return this;
     }
 
-    args.push(phrase.trim());
+    args.push(phrase);
   } else {
     if (Array.isArray(phrase)) {
       // speaker.say(['Hello!', '-a', 10, '-p', 50 ]);