" One of the neatest malapropisms I ever hoard ( writes Mr. Howard Paul ) was uttered by the wife of a prosperous pork-packer in Illinois, who had two daughters at a boarding-school in Paris. I asked her when they would return home as they were quite well grown lasses. “ Well," she replied " those datters of mine has got so fond of Paris they don’t come back to their native land, and I believe they have got to look upon themselves as Parishes." Of course she meant Parisiennes." (811) M.
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Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 17, Issue 7, 27 January 1903, Page 2
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87Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 17, Issue 7, 27 January 1903, Page 2
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