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...other hand, he continues: "It were to continue the discussion to an undue length to cite instances where certain words or phrases put under the ban, charged with being Americanisms, have been proved to be English, and good, old English at that. Our use of the words "guess" and "well" is one of the most familiar of these. Indeed, we must not look to London (pace Mr. Richard Grant White) if we would like to hear English as she is spoke by those who know how to speak her. The Irishman who tells you that the church was "thronged...
...seats in Sever for the grown up people shall be done." It was painfully evident to every student who came to the last lecture later than a quarter past seven, that this rule had not been enforced, unless, indeed, we class the students themselves as infants. As a rough guess, I should say that nearly a quarter of the seats in the hall were occupied by boys from the Cambridge schools, probably, some of whom, to judge by their looks, will soon be old enough to enter the primary school. Waiving the question of how much good they...
Prof. explaining a point in physiology: "Now take my arm." A co-ed who has been dozing on the back seat rouses up and murmurs: "Thank you, I guess I will; it is rather slippery;" and then seeing the whole class look round subsides into blushes...
...meeting, suggesting,-criticising where need be, the directors elected for the ensuing year can acquire a much better idea of the general sense of the members in regard to the management and to matters of detail which may be of public interest, which they will only be able to guess at if the attendance and interest be slight and the proceedings of the meeting be merely perfunctory...
Simkins, to Miss Innocent, at the spring sports: "Look, they have put Smith's time down at 8.55; I guess they want to keep his record dark." Miss Innocent: "Why, how can they do that if they write it down in white? [The problem is still unsolved.] - [Chaff...