 | 1922 - 914 pages
...Why, certainly! Who else were you 'shpecting at this timernight? — London Mail. Can You Tell?— When the English tongue we speak Why is "break" not...it's true We say "sew" but likewise "few"; And the fashioner of verse Cannot cap his "horse" with "worse"? "Beard" sounds not the same as "heard"; "Cord"... | |
 | 1906 - 372 pages
...of a noble name.'* 11 The English Language. When the English tongue we speak, why is break not rimed with freak ? Will you tell me why it's true we say...word ; Cow is Cow, but low is low ; shoe is never rimed with foe ; Think of hose and dose and lose ; and of goose and yet of choose. Think of comb and... | |
 | 1903 - 496 pages
...can convince people that he has brains is to get money." — London Tit-Bits. Our Strange Language. When the English tongue we speak Why Is "break" not...Cannot cap his "horse" with "worse"? "Beard" sounds not he same as "heard"; "Cord" is different from "word"; "Cow" is cow, but "low" is low; "Shoe" is never... | |
 | 1902 - 628 pages
...history of the week and •editorial comments on important questions of the day. OUR QUEER LANGUAGE. When the English tongue we speak Why is "break" not rhymed with "freak"? Will yon tell me why it's true We say "sew," but likewise "few"; And the maker of a verse Cannot cap his... | |
 | Abel Hovelacque, Julien Girard de Rialle, Emile Picot, Julien Vinson - 1902 - 796 pages
...publiés dans le Bangalore Maya-sine : When the English tongue we speak, Why is break not rhymed vrilh freak? Will you tell me why it's true We say sew but likewise fine, And the maker of a verse Cannot cap his horse with icorse ? Beard sounds not the same as hcurd... | |
 | 1980 - 556 pages
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 | Robert E. Ramsay - 1930 - 284 pages
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 | 1932 - 842 pages
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 | Lilly Lindquist - 1940 - 432 pages
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break' not rhymed with 'freak'? Will you tell me why it's true We say 'sew,' but likewise 'few,' And the maker of a verse Cannot cap his 'horse' with 'worse'? 'Beard' sounds not the same as 'heard' ; 'Cord' is different from 'word' ; 'Cow' is cow, but... 
