Baker Street's most 'infamous' residents

Carry On Cleo has the best script of all the Carry Ons.

You don't expect the Beeb to use wrong words, what us the world coming to?? Should be famous residents of course.I have also heard notorious used wrongly as well.

youtu.be/kvs4bOMv5Xw

Aha, Kenneth Williams in "Carry on Cleo" apparently

Oh I thought it was Frankie Howerd in "Up Pompeii"!

@trisher - Wasn't that a 7% solution?

@Alea - originally said in BBC's ^Take It From Here^- written by Frank Muir and Denis Norden!

"Infamy, infamy! They've all got it infamy!"

I think there are a number of words that have now lost their original meaning and I'm afraid 'infamous' is one of them. 'Reticent' went a long time ago and so did 'hopefully'. 'Hateful' is going the same way and so is 'despise'. It's partly the effect of other Englishes and partly ignorance. When it reaches the point where you hear the solecisms all the time, you have to adapt or risk being misunderstood. Unfortunately.

Perhaps a reference to Holmes' less salubrious habits? -like the 1% solution?

Heavens, I hope not! That does sound rather odd for the Beeb to get it that wrong .