His Last Bow: The King’s English

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Title: His Last Bow: The King’s English
Author: gardnerhill               
Word Count: 60
Rating: G
Warning: None.
Summary: Holmes has been defiled and Watson cannot bear it.

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Easier to remove that ghastly goatee.

“…I swear, Watson, that chump thought he could play me for a sucker. Well, I gave him the old heave-ho, and oh, wasn’t he a sick chicken!”

Wincing, I made my decision. England would do without my service at the front – I would be needed here, training that foul slang from my friend’s tongue.

Comments

[debriswoman]

Absolutely, Dr Watson...all else can wait.

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

"Repeat after me, Holmes: The Rain in Spain..."

"Golly, it's whizzing cats and dogs out there!"

Sigh.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

And incidentally proof that LAST couldn't have been written by Holmes;)

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Darn tootin' he didn't scribble this little pot-boiler.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Poor Watson ^__^ England thanks you ^^

I must admit though I always find Holmes' use of American slang rather charming. But yes - that goatee can go ^^

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

There's an echo of this in Sherlock's fascination with text speech in ELEMENTARY - Joan Watson knows he's in trouble when she gets a text from his phone with all the words spelled out.

[godsdaisiechain.livejournal.com]

I love how well this works for the 19-teens--an innocent time when grammar could be more important that a call to arms..

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

"Why should I speak the King's English? He never spoke any of MINE."

[godsdaisiechain.livejournal.com]

Hmm... because of slang and being taken serious and whatnot?