Very Pronounced
Signed “FAF” (Francis A. Fraser)
Swell (to Old Gentleman): — “Can you tell me, Sir, if the next station is Ernill?”
Old Gentleman: — “Ernill? I don’t know such a place. If you mean Herne Hill — yes it is the next station.”
Fun (3 March 1880): 90
Source: Hathi Digital Library Trust web version of a copy in the Princeton University library.
Who’s being snobbish — the old man or the elegantly dressed swell? — George P. Landow