Word: waterous
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Tory M.P. and Punch Editor Sir Alan (A. P.) Herbert wanted to know how Follick's phonetics would cope with the word water. "I think," said Herbert, "the Hon. Member for Loughborough proposes to spell it 'uoorter.' Some cockneys leave out the T and call it 'wa'er.' Americans say 'watter,' but how do the Scotsmen say it?" Glasgow's John Rankin volunteered: "We pronounce it whuskey...
With a handful of chicken sandwiches, a Thermos jug of hot tea and some water beside him, Odom took off and headed east. Nine hundred miles away, he waved goodbye to a B-17 which had gone with him for company. Six hours later he waved hello to another which came out to escort him over San Francisco. Over Chicago, he failed to notice that a gas tank had gone dry, lost several thousand feet before he could get his stalled engine started from another tank. Over Pennsylvania, he plugged in an electric razor and shaved. Then he landed...
...smiled to himself as he adjusted the shower curtain and tested the water with his elbow. This was Thesis Day. He had noticed the red circle on his calendar as he slipped from his bunk that morning, and there was something expectant in the blue sky outside the window. Or perhaps he was expectant. He forced himself under the cold water to ready his wits for the long day ahead. He always thought better with his pores closed...
...clearing the ground. Perhaps he could do that better once his ideas were formulated and accordingly, he took a fresh sheet and numbered it "20". "In view of the factors outlined above," he began, "we will proceed to demonstrate that the customary explanations will not hold water." He had finally come to the point where he needed an idea. The Library was the place to go; but first he had to pick out his suspenders. Then he would walk to the Library. He looped a string around his finger just to make sure...
...Winthrop contain dumb-bells, and plaster casts of the discus-thrower outnumber other sculpture three to one. This is because Winthrop members are traditionally athletic, and show no sign of relaxing their interest in intramural and all-College sports. There are even some intra-House sports, such as water-fighting, which have been highly organized in the past...