"ALSO" BUT NOT "LIKEWISE"
it never pays to "knock' 1 a- competior nor a competing line, and aJI good salesmen are fully alive to this fact. In a large retail store the other day one of, the salesmen was asked to express his opinion of a line carried by a competing house which was known w be interior. Instead of answerimg tne question he smiled ana said, "Let me teJI you a litt-ie yarn." ''A negro testifying in a court case made frequent use of the words 'also' and 'likewise.' "Finally the lawyer 011 the other
side who though not a judge, was called 'Judge' So-and-So. demanded:— '■Say, you, what do you mean by making a distinction between the word's "ia«lso" and -"likewise?" Do you know what they mean ? Can you explain any difference between them to the judge and jury hero? " 'Yas, suli; yae, suli; I certainly kiu.' replied the negro. 'it's like die: his Houah ober dere on de bench, ne am a jedge; now you is a jedge "also'' but not "likewise." ' "
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 March 1916, Page 2
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175"ALSO" BUT NOT "LIKEWISE" Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 March 1916, Page 2
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