WORTH REMEMBERING
The old-time "darky" had a.great admiration for high-*»oundmg words and phrases. And -also had a doep respect lor a man who lias the boldness to devise innovations of speech.' . “I jes’ tell you Ma&a Eawson has a powerful control ob Language/* said one old plantation negro, thoughtfully, on his return from a neighbourly call, “i ‘spent to learn .so met'mg - ebory time i hear him talk. He was belling Major Williams 'bout his wne being looken sick after dat dog bite she had, an' 'stead o’ saying, in respect to her shaking fit she had, dat she 'shook like she had do ugor/- same as most folks would say, what figur is you s'posing lie used?" "i dunno," said the old man's wife, sulkily, from the ironing-board. “He said she 'shook like an ash-pan/ Cat’s his figur, an’ 1 ain’t gwino to forget it/’
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 6492, 11 April 1908, Page 5
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146WORTH REMEMBERING New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 6492, 11 April 1908, Page 5
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