Quote: Peter Ackroyd - T. S. Eliot: A Life, New York, NY, Simon & Shuster, 1984.
"Eliot heard this word [Jellicle] from his young niece, who sounded as if she were saying “Jellicle cat” whenever she called for her ‘dear little cat’ (“Dea-lickle Cat”) and “Pollicle dog” whenever she called for her ‘poor little puppy’ (“Po’-lickle Dog”)." |