STUNG BY A SPELLING BEE
An eeeentri • chap named Turner recently began signing his name Pythholognyrrh. Pre--, el for an explanation, he justified his bizarre orthography as follows: — phtli, as in phthisic, is pronounced T 010 as in colonel, is pronounced. UR gn. as in gnat, is pronounced N yrrh, as in myrrh, is pronounced MR Isn't it a wonderful language?
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 18, 26 October 1943, Page 2
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61STUNG BY A SPELLING BEE Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 18, 26 October 1943, Page 2
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