“...but I hope they also remove the Clot of Haughty Arrogance.”
You don’t want to mispronounce a word or get the incorrect intonation in front of him...’cause he’ll sure correct you.
I wonder how many hours he spends in front of his dressing room mirror pronouncing upcoming words with just the right accent?
He reminds me of my lib-left sister. She enjoys throwing foreign words into conversations to prove how smart and cultured she is. Tickles me because we were both born in the same slum.
Art Fleming would give the occasional tut tut as well.
I wonder how many hours he spends in front of his dressing room mirror pronouncing upcoming words with just the right accent?
Eh, cut him some slack. In the 1960s, he was one of the original TV hosts for Reach for the Top, a Canadian quiz tournament for high-school students. That makes him the next closest thing to a schoolteacher.