It’s Monday again – why do the weekends always go by so fast?

Letters to Enid part 56

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Lifting the flap on two new “Enid Blyton” books

Oh I say!

Pretty much every Enid Blyton character must say this at some point (perhaps with the exception of the more working-class characters like PC Goon, Ern, Jo, etc) but somehow when Lucian says it, the Mannering-Trents find it funny. They laugh at him for it, even though they say it a lot too!

I expect it’s because he says it so often and probably says it with much greater enthusiasm, making it sound over-the-top.

I have to admit, it helps me, though! If Lucian says Oh I say! at the beginning of a speech I can easily get into (my version of) a sort of posh and weedy voice. If he doesn’t, I try to say it in my head instead to help.

I think I’d say something worse than “Oh I say,” if a parrot pecked me!