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foochowese
noun 1name 1
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3ADJ.
english, removed
FOOCHOWESE + NOUN
man
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from, in, in
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noun
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Alternative form of Foochownese.
The native of Canton is a foreigner to his brother of Amoy, not only in language, but in disposition : and the Ningpo man is as far removed from a Foochowese as the man of Kent is from the Highlander.
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Alternative form of Foochownese.
I know Americans of extensive mission experience who can preach as long and as fluent a sermon in Foochowese as in English, yet who can no more make themselves understood anywhere else in China than if they had never crossed the Pacific.
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The native of Canton is a foreigner to his brother of Amoy, not only in language, but in disposition : and the Ningpo man is as far removed from a Foochowese as the man of Kent is from the Highlander.
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I know Americans of extensive mission experience who can preach as long and as fluent a sermon in Foochowese as in English, yet who can no more make themselves understood anywhere else in China than i
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