Chapter 3

Horse Doovers.[“I hear of a seaside hotel whose proprietors have instructed their staff never to correct the pronunciation or use of a word by a guest. If it is necessary to use the same term in the conversation the guest’s form of it is the one to be used; it saves a lot of irritation, if not actual humiliation.”—Daily News.]Waiter (with anticipative tact) to holiday customer.“Any horse doovers, Sir?”

[“I hear of a seaside hotel whose proprietors have instructed their staff never to correct the pronunciation or use of a word by a guest. If it is necessary to use the same term in the conversation the guest’s form of it is the one to be used; it saves a lot of irritation, if not actual humiliation.”—Daily News.]

Waiter (with anticipative tact) to holiday customer.“Any horse doovers, Sir?”


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