can-ne-ra

Updated: August 15, 2026

Here she handed him a plate of sponge-cakes mixed with bon-bons and macaroons, saying, "Vous êtes un pauvre mangeur vous ne mangez rien, Monsieur." "Oh dear, she does not understand me, I see. Indeed, my lady, I cannot eat any more. Ge woudera, se ge could-era, mais ge can-ne-ra pas!"

Robert Smith Surtees - Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities