tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3954227388486879706.post896632139901377666..comments2024-03-21T00:59:27.758+00:00Comments on The Word Den: Nuts and Bolts: opisthographic.Sally Pruehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15999389456442530903noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3954227388486879706.post-69866033931701695682014-07-04T08:37:37.301+01:002014-07-04T08:37:37.301+01:00You had relations who could write?
Well, there'...You had relations who could write?<br />Well, there's posh.<br />As for Aunt Edna, I bet she had the pool boy snookered.Sally Pruehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15999389456442530903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3954227388486879706.post-64529377308408607902014-07-03T15:21:55.733+01:002014-07-03T15:21:55.733+01:00I never understood the convention of writing '...I never understood the convention of writing 'PTO' at the bottom of a handwritten letter (as I was taught as a young nipper), as if anyone would be gaily reading your missive to suddenly think you'd stopped mid-sentence:<br /><br />" ... and we all had such fun in Weymouth, including a rather amusing incident with Aunt Edna who, in an amusingly quaint misunderstanding with the pool boy, accidentally asked him to ..."<br /><br />Oh. They just stopped. Mid-sentence. Oh hang on! This letter is opisthographic! Now why didn't they write 'PTO' at the end of the page to tell me so! My family, eh? Tsk.Eddie Lexihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08286045359355498275noreply@blogger.com