Why would George Simon pronounce Agamemnon (Aga-mem-non) as Agamennon (Agga-menn-on)?
Are the classics not taught in Waikato schools? Is nothing known of the Trojan Wars south of the Bombays?
Or is this a national problem? Steve Davis and the judge also diverged from the norm with this name . . . one of the most famous in all of history.
Perhaps there should be a moratorium on naming horses after classical characters. I’ve only recently got over the way Adrian Clark used to mangle Pyramus . . . and that was back before Y2K.
Perhaps I’m too sensitive. I’ve just uncurled myself from the corner, where I’d spent 20-odd minutes in the fetal position after Shake It’s performance, and am feeling a bit bruised.
As I went to the very same school as one George Simon, and was exactly two classes in front of him, and shared many of the same teachers, I thought it worthy of repeat here in the hope he may read it, correct his error, and help restore the reputation of our fine school !
