It's a strange, strange world we live in, Master Jack.

Thursday, March 26, 2015

Just checking in

I have been pleasantly surprised that things at the Kappa Dabba Du house have been going well. There was an initial unsettling encounter with a pledge who was determined to play Jeeves -- or worse! -- to my Wooster, but we seem to have that sorted out. And the cultural event project is falling into place nicely. 

Daniel has arrived in England and reports things are fine except for the language barrier. He is not good at accents and his hearing is not all it could be. When we were in Rome ten years ago, we visited the Basilica of San Pietro in Vincoli, St. Peter in Chains. Daniel insisted that the very British tour guide was saying "St. Peter and change."

Well, as Wilde wrote of the English in The Canterville Ghost, "We have really everything in common with America nowadays except, of course, language."

That's it for now. Back to work!

1 comment:

  1. I wonder how it is the people of Great Britain ever developed that strange array of dialects. But, I've been to Rome and very much liked seeing Saint Peter and Change.

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