onrespect

Updated: May 23, 2025

"I never heard of such a thing," said Captain Featherstone. Amos scratched his head. "Well, Mars Captain, I reckon dere's a heap o' tings about a farm dat army ossifers never hearn tell of meaning no onrespect to dere book larnin'. But jes' de same, dat air Guernsey am drunk." We all looked at her with interest. "But what will she do?" I said. "How does being drunk affect a cow?"

Lilian Bell - At Home with the Jardines