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...slang and little regard for discipline. When given an order by a teacher, instead of a polite "Ta go mait," or "Deanfaid me e," they answer: "I gotcha, boss." Skepticism is not expressed by a simple "Ni creidim e," but by a derisive "Oh, yeah?" or "Sez you?" When school is dismissed all the children rise and lustily shout: "Scram...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRISH FREE STATE: Erin Go Blah | 2/8/1932 | See Source »

...lemme loose, I'll knock you agin,' sez Brer Rabbit, sezee, en wid dat he fotch 'er a wipe wid de udder han, en dat stuck. Tar-Baby, she ain't sayin' nothin', en Brer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Suits | 7/20/1931 | See Source »

...Howdy, Brer Rabbit,' sez Brer Fox, sezee. 'You look sorter stuck up dis mawnin', sezee, en den he rolled on de groun', en laughed en laughed twel he couldn't laugh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Suits | 7/20/1931 | See Source »

...Lightnin'). Testified Mme Queen: ''The second time Andy was in there, he said to me, he said: 'Sweetheart, this is one of the best manicures I ever had.' . . . One night we had a date, and we was sittin' on the sofa, and he sez to me: 'Kiss me, honey,' and I say: 'You go 'way from here 'cause I ain't gonna kiss no man.' ... He got down on one knee and begged me to marry him. That's exactly what he done. . . . Then after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Mar. 9, 1931 | 3/9/1931 | See Source »

...boasting, swaggering and finally redeeming himself by helping the heroine recover important state papers from the wily Talleyrand. Just as a firing squad is about to punctuate Gerard's career of rodomontade, Bonaparte steps before the muskets and saves his brigadier. From that day forth, it is, "I sez to my friend, the Emperor, sez...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Pictures: Aug. 29, 1927 | 8/29/1927 | See Source »

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