Dear Hilary (sic),
Please allow me to correct Arnie in his letter to you, and you in your response to it. Firstly, is that Anna Leonowens was not American: she was British. And secondly Dear Hillary, is that the Rodgers and Hammerstein’s movie ‘The King and I’, is based on the fictionalized book ‘Anna and the King of Siam’ by Margaret Langdon (sic) and not Anna Leonowens; whose first book of Siamese memoirs was entitled: ‘The English Governess at the Siamese Court,’ and her second book: ‘The Romance of the Harem.’
I hope that this is of help.
Johnny Foreigner
Dear Johnny Foreigner,
Thais are not very good at history, and I am no exception it seems, especially after being subject to bans. Thank you for correcting me, but you should note that the author you refer to is Margaret Landon, not Langdon. And my name is Hillary, not Hilary (two ells). Shall we call it quits?
