Dallas Hinton:
DH> I might point out that Dorothy Parker was not a paragon
DH> of English writing.
DH>
DH> Dorothy Parker (nee Rothschild; August 22, 1893 - June
DH> 7, 1967) was an American poet, writer, critic, and
DH> satirist based in New York; she was best known for her
DH> wit, wisecracks, and eye for 20th-century urban foibles.
DH> (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Parker)
The Jews are famous for their second-language quirks. If
you knew Russian I should refer to you the hilarious Russian
dialect of the Odessa Jews. Cornell Woolrich puts some
funny examples in the mought of Mrs. Rozoff in his excellent
short story "An apple a day."
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