Mistaken translation of saying difficult English surnames
Mistaken translation of saying difficult English surnames
Overheard on an Atlantic Liner
Colonel Moses R. Hankey - "There's one thing I kaant understand about your English way of spelling names. For instance, you spell a name B-E-A-U-C-H-A-M-P, and pronounce it CHUMLEY."
Picture No
10804000
Media ID
45550109
Size
3542px x 5317px
(3.2MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Illustration by Phil May from The Phil May Folio' (1904)
Date
1904
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