Talk:George Mikes

How to Be an Englishman
I remember a book entitled How to Be an Englishman, which is not in the list here.--Revery (talk) 16:34, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
 * How to be an Englishman was a collection by Milton Shulman, not by George Mikes. Chemical Engineer (talk) 20:45, 7 December 2008 (UTC)


 * There is a collection of that name by Mikes.

Life
"expecting to stay for only a couple of weeks, he remained for the rest of his life. In 1946 he became a British Citizen. It is reported that being a Jew from Hungary was a factor in his decision"

The way this is written makes it sound as if being a Hungarian Jew was a factor in his taking up UK citizenship - rather than (I suspect) his decision to stay in UK during WW2 Gerard.sugrue (talk)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gerard.sugrue (talk • contribs) 10:02, 5 June 2012 (UTC)


 * I'm guessing the reading should be: "being a Jew from Hungary was a factor in his decision to become a citizen of somewhere else", not necessarily Britain.

Pronunciation of name
Doe anyone know whether Mikes anglicised the pronunciation of his surname, to rhyme with "bikes"? Or did he keep to th ehungarian, more or less "mik-esh"? This would be a useful addition to the article, if anyone knows the answer.Tdls (talk) 12:01, 13 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Very good question. That's what brought me here.

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