We don’t read words letter by letter when we’re at their grade level, and both would be reading above theirs, given the books Ozy reads and Millie’s having read the dictionary. Therefor her eyes would have taken in the whole word at once- or even the whole phrase, since it’s so short
She heard someone say “they haven’t buried the hatchet” and thought it was “buried the hat yet”.
Woah, because of the dress, I thought Millie was holding a wine glass instead of shovel. That was strangely elegant… in a Millie sort of way.
…as Ozy casually sips on his gin and tonic.
Her mom said no champagne or tequila, but she never said no wine.
We don’t read words letter by letter when we’re at their grade level, and both would be reading above theirs, given the books Ozy reads and Millie’s having read the dictionary. Therefor her eyes would have taken in the whole word at once- or even the whole phrase, since it’s so short
Yeah, but that would ruin the joke.