Double Flee A

I was raised in the deep south, where the primary understanding of the British is that they go around saying "Crikey!" for no reason. These days my grasp of the language is more nuanced, full of words like "bally, cove, corker, and topping", and expressions like "knee-deep in the bisque". Whereas I once regarded everything English with good old American xenophobia and contempt, I now have seen all. It is my advice that you get your hind end to a bookseller and pick up a Jeeves and Wooster volume, so that you, too, will know how pleasant the English tongue can be.

posted by dale @ 5:37 PM