Original ID : 846 Created On : 2002-12-11 Last Modified : 2005-05-01
Andrew Sillitoe’s voice was the last in our school year to break. It didn’t take long before the connection between his wholesome blondness and that of Welsh choirboy Aled Jones was noted. The insult was soon tripled by some genius to Aflid - a nickname that spread like wildfire around the year, causing Sillitoe to cry, and lectures on bullying to be delivered to our entire school year.
Post-university, I bumped into him in London whilst very drunk. He was very friendly and his voice had deepened to Barry White proportions, but that didn’t stop my mate Angus calling his mobile later that evening and screaming “AFLIIID!” like some rabid member of S-Express.
Phil G
Is Sillitoe pronounced ‘silly toe’, I wonder?
[anon]
It *is* pronounced “silly toe”, which we exploited in the pre-aflid days by use of the nicknames “sensible finger” and “funny foot”.