The cursory inspection missed several irregularities.

We had seven canoes, all of them dugouts. One was small, one was cranky, and two were old, waterlogged, and leaky. The other three were good.

Husband's under water so she hassles with her laaities, starts lagging with her buddies and lights herself a gwaai.

'The gentlewoman from California.' Or 'the gentlewoman from Texas.' Gentlewoman?