SCHOOL HOWLERS
“The chief work of the British in Egypt since 1880 has been the extermination of the sphinxes.” “Sir W. Scott was called the Blizzard of the North. He tried to reach the North Pole, but died in tho attempt.” “Parliament assembled in November and dissembled in December.” “Correct the sentence: “It was me that has broken the window.' — It wasn’t me that has broken the window.’ ‘,Notre voisin est rnorte d'unc congestion pulmonaire.—Our neighbour died of a crush in a Pulmon car. “The imperfect tense is used in French to express a future action in past time which does not take place at all.” “Teacher—after lesson on microbes: ‘When then is it so essential to keep the house clean and tidy?’—‘Because somebody we know might come in any time to see us.’ ” “A focus is a thing that looks like a mushroom, but if you eat it it feels different to a mushroom. “Double dealing is when you buy something wholesale to sell retail.’ ’
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LVII, Issue 10056, 23 April 1929, Page 3
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166SCHOOL HOWLERS Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LVII, Issue 10056, 23 April 1929, Page 3
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