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...Wottadamshame--Quit yer blubberin' there O'Shame! Ye'll disgrace me Court, I'tell ye. Fwhy can't ye set down 'n enjoy the pitchers in the Gazette like a dacent, self-respectin' policeman...
...could with impunity quiz, as it were, the Queen- to use a vulgarism, get the best of her. On one occasion, at dinner at Windsor, when Lord Fife was mopping up his soup with much noise, he suddenly paused, looked up and said in his very broad Scotch: 'Yer Majesty will be pleased to hear that I hae given up brandy and sodas!' 'I'm glad to hear it, Lord Fife,' said the Queen. 'I'm sure you'll be better for it.' 'Thank you, ma'am, I think...
...from this well the correct equivalent in Chaucerian, Spencerian or Tennysonian diction. No longer will the proprietor of the esoteric den use "Shoppe" for "Shop"; on more can stenographers delude anyone into thinking that Sanskrit is good English; no more will street-car conductors be able to say "Watch yer step" instead of 'Take care of the drop" without meeting the haughty stare and the raised eyebrow of regenerated America...
...What's wrang wi' ye, Jock ?" asked the groomsman. " Yer face is like chalk. Hae yet lost ony thing? Hae ye lost the ring...
...readin yer 8 moist Havurd poets for de foist time an on de level guy its de woist hokum I ever seen. Theys each one twict as bad as the rest. Its lousy dats the woid lousy. Over the radio from 33rd Street...