HIS CRADLE TONGUE.
1 The following scene lately oocnrxaß-; # in one of the courts of justice' in South Africa between the Jcdge and » Dutch witness: ■ " What is your native language? ". " Ipe no native. Ts a Dootchmatt. 1 * " What is your mother tongne?" i% "Oh fader say she oe all tongue 1-5 "What language did you first learnfi What language did yon speak in the! cradle?" f „ ' "I speak not anjy language in a* gradle; I only cried in Dootch-** 5
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 9430, 2 January 1909, Page 3
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80HIS CRADLE TONGUE. Star (Christchurch), Issue 9430, 2 January 1909, Page 3
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