Eureka Reporter | 1904-02-12 | Page 7 | Our Awful Language

our awful language years ago there was in london a russian diplomat ambassador schou who greatly admired english women and inho was heartily annoyed when he offended any one of them while he was there he learned eng ush and having heard one famous Il english beauty say shut up to an other he imagined it to be a phrase of polite agreement such as say no more in this sense be he addressed himself to an illustrious lady the next night at dinner to the lady ladys s conster nation and his own when later he dis covered his mistake