More 1908 Dialect Notes on E 'Bama (white) English

[Wilson Gray]

On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 11:00 PM, Robin Hamilton
<robin.hamilton3 at virginmedia.com> wrote:
> tough titty

You just have to suck it.

A popular riddle from the first grade, ca. 1943-43:

Q. What's the difference between an army and a baby?
A. An army goes from city to city; a baby goes from titty to titty.

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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"––a strange complaint to
come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
–Mark Twain

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