Dickens reportedly misheard this as an instruction as to the name which she should include in the inscription ("Emma Chisit") and thus was born the phenomenon of "Strine" which filled the newspaper's letter columns and subsequently was the subject of a separate weekly article and, later, a series of humorous books.
Charles Dickens | Monica Lewinsky | Santa Monica, California | Santa Monica | Dickens | Monica Bellucci | Santa Monica College | Monica Zetterlund | Monica Seles | Agnes Monica | Santa Monica Pier | Mónica Cruz | Monica Abbott | Little Jimmy Dickens | Santa Monica Bay | Monica Törnell | Monica Macovei | Monica Groop | SCE Santa Monica Studio | Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area | Santa Monica High School | Monica Rambeau | Monica Baldwin | Frederick Dickens | The Last Dickens | Temple Bar (Santa Monica) | San Vicente Boulevard (Santa Monica) | Santa Monica (Everclear song) | Santa Monica Airport | Saint Monica |
She won a place at St Paul's Girls' School in Hammersmith, West London, an academic public school with a literary and political tradition; alumnae include the writers Monica Dickens, Selina Hastings, Flora Fraser; Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman; the actors Emily Mortimer, Jennifer Saunders, Joely Richardson and Rachel Weisz; and the politicians Harriet Harman and Shirley Williams.