Strange sentence

09.08.08, 21:31
Today I found at work the following sentence written on a scrape of
paper:

"An a hansom fella he is too."

hansom = two-wheel vehicle Hahaha

I also make mistakes, but the above sentence made me speechless, in
particular "An a" and "hansom". Such mistakes as "through out"
instead of "throughout" or "tounge" instead of "tongue" don't
impress me any more.

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Moją zaletą jest brak wad, a wadą same zalety.
    • jonathan.oakley Re: Strange sentence 10.08.08, 15:14
      LOL!! A hansom cab! I make mistakes all the time whilst writing and
      (even worse) sometimes miss my mistakes after checking. If I was a
      car all my gears would be fowards without a reverse! :-)
    • aiczka Re: Strange sentence 25.09.08, 00:45
      I often find similar sentences in the books I read, when the author tries to
      imitate the way the people actually talk or talked couple decades ago in some
      specific place. Sometimes it is hard to understand if you cannot read it aloud.
    • jonathan.oakley Re: Strange sentence 25.09.08, 19:35
      Sounds like a compliment. This is just a colloquial style of writing
      with broken syntax and casual enunciation. Im reading 'Up in Honey's
      Room' by Elmore Leonard and he is an author known for his colloquial
      dialogue which really bring his books to life.
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