The Quiet Corner
December 8, 1926 THE COMMONWEAL I4t THE QUIET CORNER I counsel thee, shut not thy heart nor thy library.---C. LAMB. "'Ah," said Britannicus, rubbing his hands in satisfaction, "I see that the...
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...and I leave it to you which is nearer the correct 'yes,' " said Miss Brynmarian...
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...The fact that this player was allowed to say "yep" unchecked by the audience denotes that the danger I fear is present, and if we do not look out we shall presendy find our people "yepping" everywhere.' " "That's a lovely verb," mused Miss Brynmarian...
...However, I'm sure it was an American, for no Englishman (pardon me, Britannicus---I know you are English, and I also am a great admirer of your writing) but no Englishman could have writ- ten these verses displaying so well the ridiculousness of English spelling--or English pronunciation--whichever way you look at it...
...Shoot, if you must, this young bobbed head, but spare my country's tongue," she said,' " paraphrased Miss Bryn-marian...
...When you're "smart" like the BeUamy-Bohuns, [Boons] And have crests on your forks and your spohuns, You may eat with your knife, Shoot bread pills at your wife, And even take hat-pins to prohuns...
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...You must agree with me that no Englishman could have been the author of these clever lines...
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...That lunch-counter clutch Has got him in dutch, And you hear every spoonful he tacques.' "There !" exclaimed Miss Brynmarian...
...The corruption of the English language in America," re- plied Britannieus...
...I don't believe that any English actor could have mispro- nounced "yes" in that vile way before the war and have got away with it...
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...Well, the English say 'right,' and the Americans say 'yep...
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...No, on the contrary, he's very fair," replied Britannicus, "for he bewails the fact that the English themselves are get- ting very slovenly in their speech...
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Vol. 5 • December 1926 • No. 5
