- ...Bowen
- Oxon.
Funded by the UK IED safemos project: no. IED3/1/1036.
- ...Breuer
- Cantab.
Funded by the ESPRIT II REDO project: no. 2487.
- ...1795
- The curators had the last
remaining stuffed Dodo burnt because it was too moth-eaten!
- ...PHILOSPHIAE'
- Also, more boringly, the `EXHIBITION
ROOM'.
- ...so.
- The
Bodleian
Library is currently
trying to raise £10 million as part of the
`Oxford Campaign'.
- ...
Cambridge!
- You might notice a number of references to
Cambridge scattered throughout this document. There is a ``friendly''
rivalry between Oxford and Cambridge and comments about Cambridge
should not be taken too seriously. This also applies to Cambridge
itself!
- ...Fawkes'
- Of Gunpowder Plot fame. He tried to blow up the Houses
of Parliament but got caught, and is celebrated with fireworks and a
`Guy' on a bonfire every November 5th.
- ...Magdalen
- Pronounced `Maudlin'.
- ...course
- The story goes that these are
where the Royalists (who held Oxford) and the Parliamentarian Roundhead
troops lined up in the Civil War - hence the anomalous names.
- ...café:
- Actually it doesn't deserve the
accent.
- ...Wykeham
- A Wykehamist is a past or present
member of Winchester College, one of the oldest ``public'' schools in
England. Named after the founder (of the school rather than the coffee
shop!), William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester (died 1404). New
College has associations with Winchester and many Wykehamists end up
here. ``New'' College itself is no longer new of course, being
founded in 1379! See also the ``New'' Buildings at Magdalen. It just
goes to show that ``New'' is not a good name to choose in the long
term!
- ...Tea
- Scones, jam and
clotted cream, and tea of course!
- ...café
- This cafe (pronounced `kaff')
doesn't deserve the accent either.
- ...exchange.
- I haven't seen a Queen's Award
for Technological Achievement tie yet! (See page
.)
- ...relaxed.
- Until recently, pubs
had to close in the afternoon; this was a leftover from the First World
War when it was decided to close the pubs after lunch to encourage
people to go back to work in the afternoon. Unfortunately the one place
where the bars did stay open all afternoon was the Houses of Parliament, so there was
little incentive for the politicians to change the law!
- ...go!
- This used to be called
Bogart's. Luckily it has closed - by the time you read this the
name may have changed again!
- ...drain.
- down
train in Spooner-speak. In Oxford, everywhere is down, even
London. Sorry for any confusion!
- ...incentive
- And also the map of
`England' on page .
- ...ephemeral
- The information is approximately
correct as of April, 1994.
- ...hardback.
- One of the authors
had a hand in this, but unfortunately doesn't get a penny in royalties!
- ...Magdalen.
- Sorry, this is a trick
question - there is no Warden
at Magdalen. However, a
President will
do at a pinch. Each College
insists on giving the head of the College a
different title for added confusion.
- ...Fritillaries
- OK, it's a rare flower, but you
will have to go to the Bod
if you want more information.
- ...Rushdie.
- Believed to have been spotted at
Halifax House,
although it may have just been a look-alike. Try also
St. Antony's College, one of his supposed refuges.
- ...Dodo.
- Try the city rubbish dump and
contact the curators of the University Museum immediately if you do
find it!
- ...gown
- Try Anna-Belinda in Gloucester Street if you want a fancy
expensive one.
- ...expensive
- Prices are often in guineas, which are £1.05,
or £1/1/0 in pounds, shillings and (old) pence. The extra
shilling was meant to be the commission, particularly at sales, but now
it just means they can pocket a bit extra without you noticing too
much.
- ...office.
- Confusingly marked `SCOLA
MVSICAE' in the Old Bodleian.
- ...Jacket.
- Same as `Tuxedo' for Americans.
- ...dentists.
- Every good dictionary has at least one deliberate
mistake in it to avoid copying without detection. Plagiarists beware!
- ...Thames
- Pronounced
`tems'.
- ...gown
-
College
porters
are a better source of old gowns, for
hire or sale.
- ...of.
- OK, tell me who he is
then!