Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1888 — As It is Spoken. [ARTICLE]

As It is Spoken.

Al (to Ed)—“Allow me to introduce you to Monsieur Le Comte Aratole de la Vieille Roche.” Ed—“ A-eh! Delighed!” Ti Count“Eserke.vouse parlez li Frongzay, moussion?” Le Comte (feeling insulted)—“No,sir?’, Ed —“You should learn it, sir.” Exit. Ed (half hour later at club) —“Oh,those Frenchmen! They never were linguists. Why,l met a man to-day who didn’t speak his own language.”