"OH MY WORD" WILLEM BOSHOFF CATALOGUE

 WILLEM BOSHOFF "OH MY WORD" COLLECTIBLE ARTIST CATALOGUE ON WELL KNOWN SOUTH AFRICAN ARTIST. SOFTCOVER, 2014, UNNUMBERED PAGES, NO INSCRIPTIONS OR NAMES, IN GOOD CONDITION.

"Sitting next to me in our class was the head girl, lets say she was Miss B., a pretty doll-like girl as I remember, and a clear favourite of Mr Ackermans. During an English class Mr Ackerman gave us a sizeable piece of fiction to read silently. We were told to prepare a shortlist of words with which to test each others spelling. I had to put my choice of words to Miss B. and when I made my small list, I thought to myself that she would select somewhat difficult words from the passage. The trick to winning this skirmish was to check out all the difficult words and to choose such a word as no one would expect. At the top of my list was the word oh. When it was Miss B.s turn, she asked quite a difficult little poser and fortunately I spelled it flawlessly. I then asked her loudly but very politely to spell OH. Now ... OH is of course pronounced o and it is a strange word, especially to children whose home language is Afrikaans. In Afrikaans ou, also pronounced o can mean bloke, chap or old. I could see the panic in Miss Bs beautiful blue eyes and Mr Ackerman could also see that she was in trouble. He immediately came to her rescue and told me to choose another word where do I get this oh from, surely it isnt even a word. Somehow I remained resolute and replied that it has two letters and that it is in the passage. OH is my word! Unfortunately Mr Ackerman did not see it my way and kicked me out of the class. Oh happens to be my word and I have more than fair reason for calling this exhibition OH MY WORD!" - William Booshoff