human
Why, it would take a gimlet to put a joke into the heads of you Scotchmen.
gpt
Ay, replied one of them;
human
The earth framed and fitted as a habitation for man. When he came to the subject of
gpt
he told the audience that to give himself a rest he would tell them an anecdote. Briefly, it was this: John Clerk (afterwards Lord Eldon) was being examined before a Committee of the House of Lords. In using the word water, he pronounced it in his native Doric as
human
The noble lord, the chairman, had the rudeness to interpose with the remark,
gpt
In England, Mr. Clerk, we spell water with one 't.' Mr. Clerk was for a moment taken aback, but his native wit reasserted itself and he rejoined,
human
There may na be twa 't's' in watter, my lord, but there are twa 'n's' in manners.