 When the English tongue we speak, Why is 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?  The Native American - Sayfa 401909Tam görünüm - Bu kitap hakkında
 | 1922 - 914 sayfa
...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"... | |
 | 1903 - 496 sayfa
...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..."sew," but likewise "few"; And the maker of a verse Cannot cap his "horse" with "worse"? "Beard" sounds not he same as "heard"; "Cord" is different from... | |
 | 1906 - 372 sayfa
...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 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... | |
 | 1902 - 628 sayfa
...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 sayfa
...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... | |
 | Robert Waters - 1907 - 378 sayfa
...the ways of the "Heathen Chinee," peculiar. Here is an illustration, written by whom I do not know: When the English tongue we speak, Why is "break" not..."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... | |
 | Louis Richard Klemm - 1911 - 348 sayfa
...presents, its orthography and pronunciation of the commonest words. The rhymes quoted here will show it: "When the English tongue we speak Why is 'break' not...'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... | |
 | 1922 - 774 sayfa
...inconsistencies, headed in a contemporary's column as "The Same Old Slam on Our Language:" When the Kngllsh tongue we speak Why is break not rhymed with freak?...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... | |
 | 1903 - 570 sayfa
...institution to protect, but the positive moral education of his charges to secure." Our Queer English Tongue When the English tongue we speak Why is " break "..."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... | |
 | Marina Yaguello - 1998 - 190 sayfa
...reign supreme within the spelling system of English, as illustrated by the following anonymous poem: When the English tongue we speak Why is break not...true We say sew but likewise few.' And the maker of this verse Cannot rhyme his horse with worse. Beard sounds not the same as heard; Cord is different... | |
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