Mon Cher Albertus, or Mon Onkle if you prefer, I was of the opinion that you treatise on the Naval Vernacular truly informative as far as my bretheren across the aisle are concerned, it is the equal in its veracity with Dr Johnsons Original Dictioary, and should, like that noble tome, be housed in no less a repository of knowledge than the famed Bodlien Library. Further more my dear old heart, as a denizen of "The Other Place", I welcome the occasion when you nautical chappies venture across the alleyway, as it were, if only to inject what may be, let us say, an ignorance of matters naval and I would go further and say that your impressive knowledge should be brought to the notice of no lesser a personage the the Navarch of Britannia, who no doubt being of a sympathetic nature would invest you most suitably.
Yours most very truly etc
