Gondolier really applies to what Captain Corcoran WANTS to be [and what he was before he purchased the Pinafore, especially since there's a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta called The Gondoliers.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll