I n the days of stage coaches we heard in the coffee-room of an inn much frequented by those creeping vehicles, a good stout representative of our insular greatness shout “Garsong!” and a clumsy, greasy waiter respond “ Toot sweet, Mounseer!” For example, an article titled Galloglossia, published in Sharpe’s London Magazine for March 1848, denounces the way “ John Bull must discard his honest, straightforward, manly language, and adopt in its stead the mincing and distorted speech of his neighbours”: Humorously after the English words toot and sweet, it represents an anglicised pronunciation of the synonymous French adverb tout de suite.īefore the First World War, it was only used in representations of French speech. I just personally would have little use of this book in my future elementary classrooms.The adverb toot sweet means straight away, immediately. Great to share with a child who is feeling rather overwhelmed with learning all those letters though. However, I would not give this book high ratings because I felt that the illustrations were a bit plain in detail and colors although the pictures of the characters were unique and original due to the use of watercolors. After a little while, Otto discovers and tells Toot that “did you know that toot is Otto spelled inside out?” Cute idea and way to engage students. It would be useful as an alphabet reference or a “tutor” type book but I wouldn’t read it to students older than kindergarten because by that time children should know their alphabet and be writing mini sentences! Puddle paints throughout the book while introducing the letters and words that start with those letters, while Otto the turtle is learning how to spell his name by himself. Although it’s a good read aloud book for pre-kindergarten students to familiarize themselves with letters of the alphabet and how to spell. This book introduced letters and the alphabet and then went in to a couple different words that started with each letter.
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