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Dates: during 1930-1939
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BRITANNIA WAIVES THE RULES- Frances Douglas & Thelma LeCocq - Dutton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: England Kidded | 1/7/1935 | See Source »

Canadian Authors Douglas & LeCocq dedicate their "confidential guide" to England to "hit-and-run writers from England ... to Mary Queen of Scots, Joan of Arc, and other ladies who have misjudged the English-and to the Atlantic Ocean which keeps us apart." Author LeCocq has been to England; Author Douglas has not. Their little (112-page) satire on their Motherland scores many a palpable hit, is never far off the mark. Both for Americans who have been to England and for those who have never been nearer than Punch, Britannia Waives the Rules will be good interlinear reading...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: England Kidded | 1/7/1935 | See Source »

...their paragraph on the speech of England's Best People. Authors Douglas & LeCocq disclose some of the secrets of its complex simplicity, consisting of " 'um's, 'aw's, and 'er's, the meanings of which vary according to the context. 'Um' may mean 'These are good tripe and onions.' 'You smell like a rose,' or 'Waiter, another whisky and soda.' This sort of thing makes it difficult for the foreigner, but the English themselves can tell instantly what is meant by the lack of inflection...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: England Kidded | 1/7/1935 | See Source »

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