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All hands were called in to witness the phenomenon and, recovering from their astonishment, the boys joined hands and danced around me, singing and shouting in their excitement. Then each yelled something at the machine bits of slang or slurs and it made them roar to hear that funny little contraption 'sass back! "Edison has always had a saving sense of humor.
Even if she had been actually in the room with them, she would have found much of their conversation incomprehensible, as it was largely made up of the extraordinary slang of the Paris street Arabs and rascals generally.
'Unreasonable! exclaimed Miss McCabe, rising to her feet with eyes of flame, 'I am my father's daughter, and his wish is my law, whatever the laws that men make may say. Her affectation of slang had fallen off; she was absolutely natural now, and entirely in earnest. Merton rose also. 'One moment, he said. 'It would be impertinence in me to express my admiration of you of what you say.
Never talk of any one with whom you may have held intercourse as "that party," or "a party" of your acquaintance. Avoid as utterly hateful the use of slang terms.
They reached the house, bore the honored guest within, and delivered her to Janice. "You can have that parrot," Jack called back to the cabman. "He’s guaranteed against slang." The cabman drove away. Janice received them with a look which might have been construed in many ways, but they were all far past construing and the look fell to the ground unheeded.
Mascarin had by this time thrown himself into an armchair, as though utterly worn out by fatigue. "There is no necessity, Marquis," said he, "to detain you here longer. We shall meet again shortly, and settle matters. Meanwhile Catenac will draw up the prospectus and Articles of Association of the proposed Company, and post you up in the financial slang of which you must occasionally make use."
Go and have it out with the dad, and get out of one's misery. He won't be very hard." "Oh, if it was only a good good good What's that you say?" "Bullying?" "No, no. It was a bit of slang, and I like to use bits of English slang when I can; they'll be so useful to know by-and-by when I am scolding my people. Not bullying, but " "Oh, you mean tongue-thrashing?" said Glyn.
"Miss Towne. The rest kicked, but I like her." "You use a good deal of unnecessary slang, my dear," said Ma. "Who of the boys and girls are going?" "Charlie and Kent and Olga and I. Margery's crazy to go, only her mother hasn't given in yet. If she does go, we'll ask Gustus Bach too." Ma Norton looked at Lydia searchingly.
"Queer birds." He laughed and followed her into the hotel. "More slang," he said. "I'll have to set you right on that, too." "I have heard sailors use words like that, but I never knew what they meant." Sailors, he thought; and most of them the dregs of the South Seas, casting their evil glances at this exquisite creature and trying to smirch with innuendo the crystal clearness of her mind.
But she was prepared to forgive New York a few sins in the matter of commercial slang: New York, which evidently dressed as it liked, and talked as it liked. But not knowing any more of a gilt-edged security than that it was something to Mr. Spence's taste, a retort was out of the question.
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