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.
This was due to the name being very similar to a stereotypical Australian or Strine nickname for Wayne, 'Wayno'.
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On January 8, 2014, Governor Jack Markell of that state nominated Strine to be the chief judge on the Delaware Supreme Court.