Posted by Robert Thompson on October 18, 2002 at 19:03:54 from 212.229.58.245 user robert.
In Reply to: Re: Silver Liver-Missee Lee posted by Ed Kiser on October 18, 2002 at 18:16:28:
Why consistency? Individuals do forget sometimes! Missee Lee was educated at public school and Cambridge, where no doubt she was influenced to speak "properly". Having returned to the Three Islands it is quite possible for her to have lapsed, but she is also capable of occasionally, but not always, making an effort to speak "properly" to the Swallows, Amazons and Captain Flint - hence the so-called inconsistency.