Первая запись в дневнике семилетнего англичанина:
September, 1911; aged 7
My History
My name is Evelyn Waugh I go to Heath Mount school I am in the Vth Form, Our Form Master is Mr.Stebbing.
We all hate Mr.Cooper, our arith master. It is the 7th day of the Winter Term which is my 4th. Today is Sunday so I am not at school. We allways have sausages for breakfast on Sundays I have been watching Lucy fry them they do look funny befor their kooked. Daddy is a Publisher he goes to Chapman and Hall office it looks a offely dull plase, I am just going to Church. Alec, my big brother has just gorn to Sherborne. The wind is blowing dreadfuly I am afraid that when I go up to Church I shall be blown away. I was not blown away after all.
Источник: The Diaries of Evelyn Waugh. Ed. by Michael Davie. Weidenfeld and Nicolson. London. 1976. p.5
Заимствовано у
ukh,
признавшегося, что больше всего ему понравился детский spelling. Меня же подкупило то, что слово 'sausages' написано без единой ошибки.