NOT SO STRANGE.
An astute American woman is said to have remarked upon the astonishing precocity of the children in Paris. * Why,’ she said, ‘ the little things speak French as early as an American child speaks English !’ The same woman, or another like her, lately remarked, as reported by an exchange : ■ I often wonder how people manage to understand each other in France.’ • How absurd !’ said another woman, rather impolitely. • I don’t think it absurd at all. Both my daughters speak French, and they can’t understand each other, ’
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume IX, Issue 18, 30 April 1892, Page 460
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88NOT SO STRANGE. New Zealand Graphic, Volume IX, Issue 18, 30 April 1892, Page 460
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