But you would think me green, or p’raps a “bore.”
Yet, gentlemen, I cannot take my seat until I stoutly say
These slang expressions spoil the converse of our day.
They make young people flippant, loose in thought and speech,
And not worse English than worse morals do they teach,
For serious subjects have their slang expressions, but I dare
Not quote them here, so, Mr. Speaker, I forbear.
Yet ere I take my seat, I trust, my honourable friends, you will
Bring in the measure I propose in your forthcoming Bill.
Mr. Oswald Layton.