Word: ahem
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...think your description of the crash at Daytona was a commendable try. One thing that might have confused Reader de Lany was the lapse of too much reading time between the whop, crash, and smash. Now (ahem) if you had written it thus: "Suddenly, just after the big transport had drummed some 25 ft. above the highway . . ., there was a rending crack! whop! smash! as the ship slammed full tilt into a pine power pole, as the motors ripped out and fell and the rest of the plane bashed into a palmetto thicket...
...Ahem," the Dolo went on, "yes, my friends, 'tis three score years and may I remind you this old world of ours has changed in many ways since that time. The motor has replaced the horse...
...Ahem," said Sir William ruffling the leaves of the Prince's book, "what did you mean by saying 'I rushed at the body and battered it with a loaded stick...