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Marx Out of Ten What would Marx think [Feb. 2]? What kind of a question is that? I can tell you what. "Blimey, so I was right all the time." That's what Marx would think. And he'd be darned right. Bärbel A Rautenberg, HAMBURG, GERMANY...
...Actually, last night they should have murmured a respectful "Cor blimey," since fully half of the acting prizes went to subjects of Her Royal Majesty. As one of the Brits said of Mirren and Judi Dench, her competition in the Best Actress category, "There are a lot of Dames out there." Mirren snagged two of the awards, for impersonating Elizabeth I (in Elizabeth I) on the small screen and her namesake (in The Queen) on the big one. Sacha Baron Cohen took Best Actor (Musical or Comedy) for Borat, and Hugh Laurie, Bill Nighy, Jeremy Irons and Emily Blunt...
...those Arab sheikhs sour on the brand once they find out it's a Rolls in name only? Apparently not. "The '98 Rolls already has a BMW engine, and someone else builds the body," says Taylor. "All the British do is add the wood and leather." Blimey...
...hope that Unknown Typist Joan Sutherland left Sidney [July 23] for some reason other than that she could spell no better than TIME. Blimey, blokes, call it Sydney just once...
...blimey, why carn't you Americans use English proper when yer wants ter be colloquial? Yer don't half muck us up. It took me rahnd abaht five minutes to find out what yer meant wiv "Things did not go half badly" in "Down the Middle" [March 19]. Eiver you says "Things did not half go badly" (viz: They did go badly) or, as in American English "Things didn't go top badly." Honest, I fink you'll find I'm right, 'cos I'm one of them British secretaries in New York...