Show Cant Keep Up with the Language After I have lived 100 years longer said an old gentleman to a reporter I will not be able to understand the language lan-guage used In fact our language is being be-ing loaded down with affectation A gentleman gen-tleman asked me the other night how I liked the game of polo I told him I didnt know what kind of a game it was and he insisted on my going to the rink to see the game played I went and saw them playing shinnyplain oldfash ioned shinny the only difference being that the players were on roller skates Then you hear people talking of a sweet of rooms I didnt know what they meant by the word sweet and on making mak-ing inquiries I was told that a suite of rooms was referred to AVe are clear gone on shams Louisville CourierJournal |