tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710247321741214859.post7444406759743903381..comments2023-10-15T01:42:07.687-07:00Comments on Harvard Classics Project: Attention 18th Century Fans!Delicioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06977221759266500786noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710247321741214859.post-34464165986050737172008-12-08T11:08:00.000-08:002008-12-08T11:08:00.000-08:00The first time I ever went to Cambridge, I asked a...The first time I ever went to Cambridge, I asked a perfect old don for directions to the Pepys Library, only I pronounced it the way it looks: "PEP-iss." <BR/><BR/>He practically choked and snorted, "It's 'peeps'! 'Peeps'! Oh, oh, don't make a Mexican out of him!"<BR/><BR/>I was, of course, mortified. As I often am in England, where now I don't dare pronounce anything (somehow I learned thatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com