British Pronunciation

[Amy Z]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Rita Winston" <catlady at w...> wrote:
> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Pigwidgeon" <pigwidgeon at i...> wrote:
> 
> > Wimsey?
> Lord Peter Wimsey, the detective in a series by Dorothy Sayers. Btw, 
> she wrote somewhere that her greatest accomplishment in life was 
> that she was born at Oxford. 

LOL!  Is that tougher than graduating from there?  She did that too, 
but for some reason, even though she made Peter the graduate of an 
actual college, she invented one ("Shrewsbury") for Harriet Vane, 
apparently setting it down in the middle of the Balliol cricket field, 
which can't have pleased Harriet's beau much.

Translation:  Harriet Vane=Lord Peter Wimsey's love
              Peter was one of Balliol's greatest cricketers ever

Simon, don't you go to Oxford?  IMO, a complete reading of the 
accomplishments of Peter Wimsey, its most interesting alumnus, should 
be required before matriculation.  Dear, dear, what are modern 
universities coming to . . .

Amy Z