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Show it: ' " Wasted Language. for a private of a regiment "somewhere er; - France" quite fancied himself as i it, soldier. He used the phrases zss i- had picked up on every possible o; ccaiioii. i o: One day he got confidential with a -i- dvm who really knew something of (-i language, and asked: ;:s - say. Bill, wot does this word ' ttwi!!ab ivoi'.a) mean?" i- 0!i. jiift 'behold,' or 'there you " was the reply. Criik.y!" exclaimed the first Tom-:i: Tom-:i: r. An', 'ere's me bin usin' the word :or se-ks an' weeks, thinkin' as I -iis swearin' in French!" |