Apostrophe's

[behindthefrogs]

It sounds more like Mikado to me.

David

[JAP]

Hey David,

Mikado 

I was thinking of Rolf's (sorry, there's an apostrophe - good gracious and another! - shock horror) song 

Now the ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus, were just passing by.
All together, now the ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus, were just passing by
etc, etc ...

Easy to insert daughters-in-law for ladies, and typing for passing ...

Fun, fun, fun ...

JAP

[Ecneps]

Think it's H.M.S. Pinafore that has the "cousins and the sisters and the aunts"........
but I don't think they had keyboards
 

[behindthefrogs]

It is Katisha in the Mikado who sings in a duet with the Mikado:

And I'm his daughter-in-law elect!
He'll marry his son
(He's only got one)
To his daughter-in-law elect!

etc. etc.

David

[JAP]

Paraphrased, the Pinafore version might perhaps be something like:
 
But when the breezes blow,
He generally goes below,
And seeks the seclusion that a computer grants
And so do his daughters-in-law whom he reckons up by dozens,
And his aunts ...

I think I like Rolf's better (wow, another apostrophe).

JAP

[behindthefrogs]

OK continuing from the above

Mikado.
 
My keyboards are declared
Particularly correct;

Katisha.
 
But they're nothing at all, compared
With those of his daughter-in-law elect!
Bow — Bow —
To his daughter-in-law elect!

etc.

David

[Ecneps]

Brilliant David 

JAP, what have you started now 

Barbara

p.s. I do actually have that Rolf record 

[luas]

vis a vis
daughters-in law!!

This pedant appreciates what fellow pedants say

And this pedant says, shouldn't it be vis-à-vis?