“The t is silent, as in Harlow.”

— Margot Asquith

Quoted in T. S. Matthews Great Tom (New York: Harper & Row, 1973), ch. 7.
Correcting Jean Harlow's pronunciation of Margot. It is sometimes said to have been the actress Margot Grahame who delivered this rebuke.
Variant: Margo. The 'T' is silent as in Harlow.

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Anglo-Scottish socialite, author and wit 1864–1945

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