d-e-double

Updated: May 4, 2025

Yollop, who seemed to be satisfied with the holding up of but one hand, cupped his own hand at the back of one ear, and demanded querulously: "What say!" "Are you hard o' hearin'?" "Hey?" "Well for the say, are you deef?" "Don't say deef. Say deaf, as if it were spelled d-e-double f. Yes, I am a little hard of hearing." "If you've got anything in your mouth, spit it out.

George Barr McCutcheon - Yollop