The Boy Who Couldn’t Say Whitstable

Once there was a boy who couldn’t say Whitstable

Now, had he lived in North East Kent this could have been a problem but he didn’t live there.

Growing up in a community on the outskirts of Buenos Aires he didn’t know he couldn’t say Whitstable. There is no such word in Spanish and he was unaware of English coastal towns altogether.

In fact right through his teens and into his middle ages the inability to say Whitstable did not affect him at all. His life continued on, much as it did for those people around him who could have said it had they so wished.

At the age of 74 he finally gave in to a cancerous growth and passed away. His family and friends spoke warmly of him. They all agreed he had lived a good, steady and unremarkable life.

But then, they didn’t know he couldn’t say Whitstable.