PROFESSOR'S ENGLISH
How often we misuse words to the extent of saying the contrary to what we mpau is pointed out iv the following auecdote. A college professor who prided himself ou his correct English heard his wite remark :— "I intend to call Jane to bring a fresh bucket of water." "You doubtless mean a bucket of fresh water," corrected the Professor. ■"I wish you would pay some attention to your rhetoric; your mistakes are curious." A few minutes later the Professor said:—
"My dear, that picture would show Ik to better advantage if you were to If hang it over the clock.' 1 "Ah!" she replied, quietly, "you doubtless mean if I were to haiig it above the clock. If I were to hang it over the clock we could not tell the time. I wish you would be more careful with your rhetoric, my dear; your mistakes are curious." And the Professor all at once became very much interested in the book he was reading.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXII, Issue 9701, 4 November 1909, Page 7
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