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what's the meaning of the word “cal'lated”? in <<The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County Mark Twain>> “He ketched a frog one day, and took him home, and said he cal'lated to educate him; and so he never done nothing for three months but set in his back yard and learn that frog to jump.” Thank you
24 мая 2014 г., 15:33
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It's actually "cal'klated". We hear "calculated", but we understand it as "decided". "He ketched a frog one day, and took him home, and said he cal'klated to edercate him..." that's just how Mark Twain wrote Wheeler's speaking habits.
24 мая 2014 г.
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