Showing posts with label accent. Show all posts
Showing posts with label accent. Show all posts

Monday, 31 October 2011

Best eastern colleges



...as he spoke in that lordly half-English accent that they learn in the best Eastern colleges.

Flashman and the Angel of the Lord, p.186, Harper Collins, 1995.


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Thursday, 6 November 2008

Snaps she



‘The devil take your explanation!’ snaps she, and her Irish was as thick as Paddy’s head.



Royal Flash, p.264, Pan edition, 8th printing, 1978.




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