QUITE DIFFERENT.
There are fine distinctions, though usually with a difference. In the days when Scotland was even stricter in its observances than it is now, a visitor to Edinburgh was whistling in the street on Sunday. •Mon.’ said another, reprovingly, 4 ye niaunn whustle.’ 4 I am whistling to my dog,’ was the conciliatory answer. 4 <>h,’ was the concession, 4 ye may whilstle to the doagie, but ye niaunn whilst le.’
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XIX, Issue XXI, 13 November 1897, Page 657
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73QUITE DIFFERENT. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XIX, Issue XXI, 13 November 1897, Page 657
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