Well she may have been too young to have really seen the Marx Brothers, and being British she'd more likely have been exposed to Peter Sellers, the Goon Show or the Goodies.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll