Posted by Magnus Smith on November 09, 2014 at 10:11:14 user Magnus.
In Reply to: Re: Ransome's language posted by Peter Hyland on November 09, 2014 at 09:00:18:
This one is worse:
“The ices were quite all right,” said Roger. “And the glasses weren’t half as thick as they are in some shops.”
It bemused me as a child, I recall.