Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 December 1907 — Liked the Text. [ARTICLE]

Liked the Text.

Speaking of the letter “h,” a writer says; "Curiously enought, the ‘h’ ia not dropped north of Yorkshire, and Scotland, with characteristic thriftluess, takes the utmost care of it. Ireland is prodigal in emphasizing it, and so far as I know the colonies are also sound on this point Only Finland refuses to aspirate. Sometimes her consistent Inaccuracy in this matter is amusing enough. “For example, there is a village in the eastern counties which rejoices In the name of Haw. A parishioner vyas asked what he thought of a strange preacher who bad been holding a service in the village. “ ‘Well,’ he said, ‘I liked the gentleman. ‘ls tex’ was just suited to ug folk.’ “ ‘Why, what was his text?’ “‘lt were a tex’ from the Psalms, "Stand Iu hawe and sin not”—it sounded so ’omely lolke.’"