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North Otago Times, 3 September 1910, Page 3 (Supplement)

Hetty's uncle, who was a schoolteacher, met her in the street one day and asked if she was going with the picnic party. ' "No, 1 ain't going."

"Oh, my littlo dear," ■ said her uncle, "ypu must not say 'I ain't going.' You must say, 'I a m not going,'" and he proceeded to give her a little lesson in grammar. "You are not going. He is not going. We are not going. You are not going. They are not going. Now,» can you say all that, Hetty'? 11

"Yes, I can," she replied, making a curtsey, "There ain't nobody going."