naut'ing

Updated: June 27, 2025

Suppose your motor he stop while you fly over San Mateo? Where you land? In a well? In a chimney? Hein? You know naut'ing yet. Next time you do what I tal' you. Zut! That was a flight, a flight, you make a flight, that was fine, fine, you make the heart to swell. But nex' time you break the chassis and keel yourself, nom d'un tonnerre, I scol' you!" Carl was humble.

Sinclair Lewis - The Trail of the Hawk: A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life