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Unless the mould m which such freaks of language as "suffragette" are coined is broken, we shall be expected to call a lady novelist a "novelette,"a ladies' hair specialist a "barbette," the girl who serves two pints behind the bar a "quartette," and, by a scarcely greater effort of imagination, a lady cricketer, after Kipling, a "flannelette."— F. B. M. m The Spectator. THINGS THAT ARE EQUAL TO THE SAME THING. Can. you subtract 45 from 45 so as to leave 45? Absurd! By no means absurd. If tlie numbers 9, 8 7, 6, 5, 4, 3. 2, and 1 are added together they equal 45. Well, let them be our top line. It is obvious that the sum of the figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 are also equal to 45. Let them be our bottom line. Now then : 987654321 equal 45 12345678 9-equal 45 864197532 equal 45
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10858, 29 December 1906, Page 8 (Supplement)
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156FREAK WORDS. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10858, 29 December 1906, Page 8 (Supplement)
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