Never say ‘What, never?’ again
Music critic Charles Willeby recalled how Gilbert and Sullivan’s ‘HMS Pinafore’ took the USA by storm in 1878, to an extent that became maddening for those not caught up in the hype. The catchphrase ‘What never? Well, hardly ever!’ was especially irritating, as one newspaper editor found when he insisted his staff must ‘never’ use it again...
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