A Conversation for Good Put-downs
Jean Harlow
Peta Started conversation Jul 13, 2002
Apparently when Lady Astor (?) met Jean Harlow, Jean Harlow explained that the last letter of her name was silent and received the response 'I see, as in Harlot?'
Jean Harlow
Red (and a bit grey) Dog Posted Jul 14, 2002
Peta I do believe that it was Margot Asquith and it is indeed one of the great put downs of all time. Her first name was pronounced Mar-Got instead of Mar-Go by Jean Harlow, and the riposte was as you said "the "t" is silent, as in "Harlow"."
She apparrently disliked Lord Kitchener greatly and once remarked that "if he was not a great man, he was, at least, a great poster".
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