OUR LANGUAGE AGAIN.
A Spaniard entered a chemist's shop the other day and startk-d the assistant by remarking: “I vant somethings for a cow.” - -
"I beg your pardon!” exclaimed the astonished shopman. "1 haf a cow—a had cow!” replied the excited foreigner. "I think you want a veterinary surgeon. don't yirti?” asked the chemist. "Ah! you not understand. I haf a cow in ray chest —yon hear? See!” "Oh. I understand —a cough!” replied the ehentist. “Of course I can give you something for that.” The puzzled foreigner is still wondering why. if b-o-u-g-h is pronounced “bow,” e o u g-h doesn't spell “•ow.”
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXVI, Issue 23, 9 June 1906, Page 18
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104OUR LANGUAGE AGAIN. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXVI, Issue 23, 9 June 1906, Page 18
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