WHAT’S IN A NAME.
“What is your name?” asked the Sarge of the new -recruit. “ Wot, don’t yer. know MY name?” :• “ What is it? I ask you” “Billo.”* " “ That‘s not yer name. It must be William What?” \ “No, it ain’t William Watt. Gor blimey, I thort every bustard or other sort of bird around ’ere knew me!” “ What is your correct full name?” “ Billo Shakespeare!” “Billo Shakespeare!” “ If it' is William Shakespeare I, for one, never heard of you.” < “Lor stone the pretty crows. Never ’eard of me, Billo Shakespeare? I’ve been bag and bottle-oh around these . ’ere . parts for donkey’s ears arid ears.” * * *
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War Wit, Volume 1, Issue 6, 1 July 1941, Page 14
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104WHAT’S IN A NAME. War Wit, Volume 1, Issue 6, 1 July 1941, Page 14
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