(TO BE READ IN VARIOUS LOFTY VICTORIAN BRITISH ACCENTS)
A young woman takes a seat near 4 elderly English gentlemen. She soon notices they are engaged in an argument:
"I tell you, it's W-O-O-M."
"No, there's sort of a B sound at the end."
"Not just a B, it's a trill, like W-O-O-M-B-R."
"Don't be absurd, it's much shorter."
Scandalized, she approaches the gentleman and scolds them. "I can't believe you would be discussing such a thing in public. Shame on you. And it's W-O-M-B." Whereupon she stomps out.
The gentleman look at each other perplexedly and one says, "Do you think she's right?"
"Nonsense, where would a young woman like that hear an elephant fart?"
"I tell you, it's W-O-O-M."
"No, there's sort of a B sound at the end."
"Not just a B, it's a trill, like W-O-O-M-B-R."
"Don't be absurd, it's much shorter."
Scandalized, she approaches the gentleman and scolds them. "I can't believe you would be discussing such a thing in public. Shame on you. And it's W-O-M-B." Whereupon she stomps out.
The gentleman look at each other perplexedly and one says, "Do you think she's right?"
"Nonsense, where would a young woman like that hear an elephant fart?"
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