SHORT AND SWEET
A philologist who has been pointing out that under stress of emotion we tend to become'' monosyllabic might have backed his argument by citing Sir David Brewster. The famous scientist, indulged in as many long words as any other of his calling when speaking or writing on science, but when he wished to tell a woman he loved her, he wrote; “Dear B, You be Hebe. I be D. 8.”
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 26 September 1936, Page 12
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73SHORT AND SWEET Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 26 September 1936, Page 12
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