A Nice Name to Spell.
A laughable circumstance once took plaoa upon a tdal in Lancashire, where tbe head of the faoiily, Mr Wood, sen., was f>x*mined as a witness. Upon giving hi<* name, O'tiweU Wood, the judge, addressing the rev. person said : "Pray, Mr Wood, how do you spell you name ? " Tho old gentleman replied : 11 O double T, I double U, E double L, double U, double O D." Upon which the astonished lawgiver laid down his pen, saying that it was the most extraordinary t»amo ho had over met with in his life, and after two or three attempts, de tlnred he was unable to record it. — Sale is like good humour— almost everything is batter for a pinch of it.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2205, 4 June 1896, Page 52
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124A Nice Name to Spell. Otago Witness, Issue 2205, 4 June 1896, Page 52
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