I wish he had had a dog, just so we could see how painstakingly he would have divided that dog among the family, in his careful business way.

The only problematic area is the south west, where (cf. the beginning of this chapter) Low Franconian straddles the Benrath Line and the Urdingen Line, but is usually included in Low German, though, strictly speaking, only North Low Franconian has none of the sound shifts.

Of these sixteen specimens, four are from Mien-yang 綿陽 and two from a village north of Mien-yang in the same hsien, three are from P'eng-ch'i 蓬溪 one from She-hung 射洪, one from Sui-ning 遂寧 and five from T'ung-ch'uan 潼川 (San-t'ai 三台).

Who ever heard of a girl named Zoe! You never did yourself. ¶ "I know I never did, Roy Kemble, but just the same I think it is the most beautiful name in the world. It isn't so much what it really means; names don't have to mean anything - it's what it feels like it means.