Nineteenth Century Writing Example, Showing Seventeenth Century Influences Lingering:
It is, perhaps, unnecessary to remind you, and yet, for my own comfort, I am compelled to do so nonetheless, so forgive me mentioning the seventeen cents you have yet to repay me, from that day, so sunny and charming in our conversations and memories, when you borrowed it in order to treat yourself to an ice cream cone purchased, with some amusing awkwardness, from the strolling vendor, whose cart filled the park with such mellifluous melody and childlike appetite.
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Twentieth Century Writing Example of Similar Material:
You owe me money, but you know that. So sue me for saying it out loud. Hey, that day in the park was no picnic. You hogged down that cone without me getting one lick. Except when I kissed you. I can still hear the bells from that cart. Find me soon.
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Twenty-First Century Writing Example of Similar Material:
Pay up, yo. : – ( Da tunes be bitchin’ in da park, home, but ain’t no free IC. Dig.
Shout out to Big Horny.
Chill-boy, fo Shizzle, y’all — I B out.
