4 Quotes by P. G. Wodehouse about names

  • Author P. G. Wodehouse
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    Work, the what's-its-name of the thingummy and the thing-um-a-bob of the what d'you-call-it.

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  • Author P. G. Wodehouse
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    I attribute my whole success in life to a rigid observance of the fundamental rule - Never have yourself tattooed with any woman's name, not even her initials.

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  • Author P. G. Wodehouse
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    I am Psmith," said the old Etonian reverently. "There is a preliminary P before the name. This, however, is silent. Like the tomb. Compare such words as ptarmigan, psalm, and phthisis.

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  • Author P. G. Wodehouse
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    One of the poets, whose name I cannot recall, has a passage, which I am unable at the moment to remember, in one of his works, which for the time being has slipped my mind, which hits off admirably this age-old situation.

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