Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1889 — Frenchified English. [ARTICLE]

Frenchified English.

Jinks—“Why do you call route, ‘rowt’ It is from the French, and the correct pronunciation is ‘root.’ ” Blinks—“My deek-she-own-air gives both pro-none-she-a-she-owns.”—New York Weekly.