Another Warren Angus Wilbur via Heather Pike. I love these stories. This one uses the unusual dialect of Seabrook -- studied by linguists because it can be traced back so purely to the first English settlers. Check out the expression that ends the story. That’s Seabrookian.
One noontime one of the workmen at the Dodge Brothers shoe factory started to go out of the shop. Fella says, “Where you going?”
He says, “I’m going down to Bon Marchet. Gonna buy my wife a pair of drawers. You wanna go with me?”
Fella says, “Yes, I’ll go with you.”
So they went down. Went in. Sales lady came along. Fella says, “I want to buy my wife a pair of drawers.”
She says, “What size?”
He says, “I don’t know exactly. Something fit you be about right.”
She come out with some drawers, laid ‘em on the show cases. He says: ”S'pose that hose’ll fit our she.”
One noontime one of the workmen at the Dodge Brothers shoe factory started to go out of the shop. Fella says, “Where you going?”
He says, “I’m going down to Bon Marchet. Gonna buy my wife a pair of drawers. You wanna go with me?”
Fella says, “Yes, I’ll go with you.”
So they went down. Went in. Sales lady came along. Fella says, “I want to buy my wife a pair of drawers.”
She says, “What size?”
He says, “I don’t know exactly. Something fit you be about right.”
She come out with some drawers, laid ‘em on the show cases. He says: ”S'pose that hose’ll fit our she.”
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