ENGLISH AS SHE IS WROTE.
The 'teacher, a lesson be taught; The preacher, ft sermon he praught; The stealer, he stole; The heeler, he hole { And the screecher, he awfully scraught. The long-winded speaker, he spoke; The poor office-seeker, he soke : Therunner, he ran; The dunner, he dan; And the shrieker, he horribly shroke. The flyer, to Canada flew; The buyer, on credit he bew ; The doer, he did ; The suer, hesid; And the liar (a fisherman) lew. The writer, this nonsense he wrote j The fighter (an editor* fote f The swimmer, he swam,; The skimmer, he sksm; And the biter was hungry and bote.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8269, 15 September 1888, Page 4
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106ENGLISH AS SHE IS WROTE. Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8269, 15 September 1888, Page 4
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