ENGLISH AS SHE IS “NOT” TAUGHT IN OUR SCHOOLS.
NOTES BY A MISSIONARY TEACHER.
“I would like to have you checktise him.”
“It is the most instructivest book I ever read.”
“May we walk circumspeckle!”
“She has come thousands of miles across the briny ocean to lift us from our ignorancy and degradation.”
“I have outed [erased] my lesson from the blackboard.”
“I obedience my parents.”
“The avalanche [ambulance] has come.”
“She has come for her gosling.” [Gossamer].
“The preserved seats.”
“I don’t like a sit-up religion.” [In prayer].
“It was as neat a funeral as I ever went to.”
“Our much well-beloved classmate.”
“She is right smart better.”
“The sea air is very embracing.”
“Blessed are they that are prosecuted.”
“I have had to delay the correspondence on account of the inclemency of my health.”
“Will you rest your hat?”
“I have the misery in my head.”
“I return you a board of thanks.”
“She is the mattress.” [Matron].
“I went to the exception.” [Reception].
“I don’t lean against [toward] the Episcopalians.”
“He had twenty compulsions.” [Convulsions].
“He is deceasted.”