Pronunciations

Some Oysterian pronunciations that I don't want to forget:

Aminal is still entrenched - as in, "Can I watch aminal Robin Hood, please, Mama?" (i.e. the Disney version).

He rather likes ogre-gines (known as eggplant across the water).

He still plays hide-in-the-sink, which I just love.

For some reason, I crease myself laughing - as discreetly as possible - every time I hear him intone, Fifteen men on a dead man's chest, Wo ho ho and a bottle of rum! (I suspect Willie Rushton is responsible for the effect this has on me - the earnestness of the Oyster's delivery recalls Rushton's timeless rendition of the words of "The Laughing Policeman" to the tune of "As Time Goes By" on I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue.)

He's learning the words to the old Robin Hood theme song: Robin Hood, Robin Hood, riding through the glemmm! He reproduces the accent of the singer, dropping the "r"s in "feared", "sharp" and so on. He can do rhythm and is beginning to have a stab at pitch.

I'm sure there are others, but it's been a tryingly sleep-free week, so they'll have to wait.