Nick Maclaren wrote:

I still remember a speeling test at my first prep. school that foxed
everyone with "hippopotami" (he pronounced it "-MY".

Whereas all Flanders and Swann fans know that it rhymes with Army

.....a regular army
of hippopotami
all singing this haunting refrain
Mud , mud glorious mud..



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CTC Right to Ride Rep. for Richmond upon Thames