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[David of Essex]

Who came up with the above saying?.
David

 

[benjenbav]

H Rider Haggard

 

[strakeryrius]

John Mortimer (now sadly deceased) for his character Rumpole of the Bailey

 

[mlthomas]

I don't know, but it is true

 

[fergie_mac66]

John Mortimer'

she who must be obeyed was as used in the rumpole of the bailey novels by John Mortimer'

portrayed on tv by Leo McKern

 

[dt4134]

she who must be obeyed was as used in the rumpole of the bailey novels by John Mortimer'

But he got it from the novels She & Ayesha by H Rider Haggard.

 

[fergie_mac66]

But he got it from the novels She & Ayesha by H Rider Haggard.

I bow to your knowledge I should have remember that I read the books years and years ago !

 

[benjenbav]

Ayesha, the she of the title of H. Rider Haggard's "She".

Later used by John Mortimer in "Rumpole", who used the expression to refer to his rather fearsome (but not quite in the Ayesha class) wife, Hilda Rumpole.

I think someone on here has a boat called Ayesha. Either that or there is one near my home berth.

 

[jhr]

Yes, but who coined the acronym? I'm not a haunter of forums (except this one) but I've never heard it mentioned anywhere else, so was it an esteemed Forumite?

Or am I just displaying my lack of savoir faire?

 

[BrendanS]

Yes, but who coined the acronym? I'm not a haunter of forums (except this one) but I've never heard it mentioned anywhere else, so was it an esteemed Forumite?

Or am I just displaying my lack of savoir faire?

it's used in forums all over the place, and has been for a long time. It's even in the urban dictionary. It was in use on Compuserve for instance, well before the internet was in common use, or these forums existed