Sentry Puzzled By Oxford Accent
'|'|, r North Africa correspondent of the Chicago Tribune says that an American sentry from lirooUlyn stop !„.,! ~ r.ritish oflioer, Captain Thomas Kowarth, an Oxford graduate. :il Hie gate of the United Stair, headquarters. When Captain Kowaith, in an Oxford accent, explained that Inwanted to see Ihe colonel, the sentry told him t" wail, entered licadquar lers. and reported: "There's a suspicious (Uiaracter outside speaking broken English!"
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Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XXXII, Issue 8872, 10 February 1943, Page 3
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