Gibbs505
SERVORUM DOMITOR
Yes, I did prefer the Cane over having to write out a two page essay! Over much more quickly.School punishments were much more creative in those politically incorrect days!
I'm sure you're grateful now, it must have helped so much in your life being familiar with
an obsolete word for a watercourse (Aa), an Indian dye plant (Aal),
a Dutch and Rhenish liquid measure formerly used for wine (Aan),
and of course the dear old Aardvark.
(though actually you don't even get to them until p.4 of the OED,
the first three pages contain more than anyone can possibly want to know about the letter A )