PHRASES OFTEN MET - IV: ex officio (Lat.) - by virtue of his office, officially. ex tempore (Lat.) - without premeditation. facsimile (Lat.) - an exact copy. faux pas (Fr.) - a false step, mistake. gerrymander - attempt to divide a state into districts so that one of the parties shall obtain more than its just share of representatives. gratis (Lat.) - free of cost.
What is a "nice" girl? Some of the girls at the party tonight (or should I say reunion) were "not in my class," I have been told but in no other crowd of sixteen could finer, sweeter girls be found even though they are uneducated and "without schooling." You're right, John, "that's what it is." Companionship, "comradship." We are pals, dear, forever and ever.
PHRASES OFTEN MET - IV: ex officio (Lat.) - by virtue of his office, officially. ex tempore (Lat.) - without premeditation. facsimile (Lat.) - an exact copy. faux pas (Fr.) - a false step, mistake. gerrymander - attempt to divide a state into districts so that one of the parties shall obtain more than its just share of representatives. gratis (Lat.) - free of cost.
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ContextThis is the journal of Virginia Lee Scott, my grandmother, written when she was seventeen and first dating my grandfather, John Arnold Wilson. It's a dairy published by Media Drug Stores and includes space for two entries per day, with facts about the era printed at the bottom, which I have included in italics. Following, 1928, is the journal of John Arnold Wilson, my grandfather, at age nineteen and in love with my grandmother, followed by my grandmother's journal in 1931. Archives
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