Extremes meet', as the whiting said with its tail in its mouth. - Thomas Hood

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There even are places where English completely disappears. In America, they haven't used it for years! Why can't the English teach their children how to speak?

Thomas Hood

Extremes meet', as the whiting said with its tail in its mouth.

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