le'rnin

Updated: May 4, 2025

"Town breedin', town breedin'," muttered he; "it's curi's what it'll make of a lad. This chap'll grow up with his head full o' le'rnin' into a lawyer or parson or somethin' like, and my lads'll be skippers like their dad, with no le'rnin' to speak on. I'll warrant this lad could get off more book-stuff in five minutes 'an mine ever heerd on."

Glance Gaylord - Culm Rock: The Story of a Year: What it Brought and What it Taught