Show by another name lillian was a great reader and even at the age of 8 found great pleasure in reading books suited to the understanding of older children one day however she found her waterloo in a word she pronounced duff nuts lillian thought she had heard ol 01 ayery kind ot nuts from co to grape nuts but duff nuts had certainly not been among their number she inquired ot her mother what kind ot a nut a duffin ut be tut mother insisted she had made tome mistake in the word tor no such nuts existed lillian went tor her book in which the contested word appeared mother had a hearty laugh at lillian s expense when the word pronounced duff nuts turned out to be spelled doughnuts |