German measles

Arnold Zwicky zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU
Sun Nov 24 01:18:10 UTC 2002


Importance of Being Earnest, act III:

Jack (very irritably):...I have also in my possession, you will
be pleased to hear, certificates of Miss Cardew's birth, baptism,
whooping cough, registration, vaccination, confirmation, and
the measles; both the German and the English variety.

(1895)

arnold (zwicky at csli.stanford.edu)



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