Ho ho - what a laff.
Jean Harlow and Margot Fonteyn were crossing the Atlantic on a luxurious ocean liner. They spent a sunny afternoon in each other's company sitting in deck chairs, during which time Jean kept calling Margot "my dear Margott". After a while Margot became fed up of this, and when Jean said it once again she calmly replied,
"My dear Jean, the 't' in 'Margot' is silent, as in 'Harlow' "!
Doesn't that make it Margot Asqui?'Say - aren't you Margot Asquith?' (pronouncing the hard 't')
[Margot Asquith] 'Yes Dear, But the 't' is silent, as in Harlow.”
― Margot Asquith
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