Peter Jiong
Member
- Joined
- May 16, 2020
- Member Type
- Student or Learner
- Native Language
- Japanese
- Home Country
- Japan
- Current Location
- Europe
“Well,” said one good lady, “I’d rather not ’ave her maternity bag at all than be treated like that. Why, she treats you as if—well, as if you wasn’t married.”
“Yes,” said another, “that’s just what I complain of—I promise you I ’ad ’alf a mind to take my marriage lines out of my pocket an’ show ’er. It (giving birth) ain’t nothin’ to be ashamed about—nice thing it would be after ’avin' sixteen, if I was bashful.”
(From Mrs. Craddock by W Somerset Maugham)
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id...snippet&q=nothin’ to be ashamed about&f=false
What does "nice thing it would be after ’avin' sixteen, if I was bashful" mean?
“Yes,” said another, “that’s just what I complain of—I promise you I ’ad ’alf a mind to take my marriage lines out of my pocket an’ show ’er. It (giving birth) ain’t nothin’ to be ashamed about—nice thing it would be after ’avin' sixteen, if I was bashful.”
(From Mrs. Craddock by W Somerset Maugham)
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id...snippet&q=nothin’ to be ashamed about&f=false
What does "nice thing it would be after ’avin' sixteen, if I was bashful" mean?