malapropisms and the like 5 April 2008
Richard went to see a production of Hamlet in Ukraine this evening and apparently they pronounced the Prince’s name as Gamlet. As you all know I am to be godmother to a young chap who is very into Holy Gob, so I am now referred to as the Gobmother by his family. Everything has puns and possibilities. When I got the grey cat her name was Spot and we call her G or The G or Gigi or Geezee but one friend rightly pointed out that she is, in fact, the G Spot which is, er, spot on. In the pub my Mum and Dad drank in one lad referred to women having the metropause and I rather like that as I have often wondered why it’s called the MENopause when it has naff all to do with men, really.
