Not at all Ziggy, you are one of the more literate, probably reached the third book in primary school, testament to the fact that a little education is easily carried.
Womens Lib undoubtedly a factor, since the Mothers of Tyrone started going out to work, leaving no one at home to ensure proper diligence re. school homework, standards slipped. Thus in Tyrone someone like Ziggy equates to an intellectual. The rest of us just reflect sadly that O neill should have cut of his Penis rather than his hand.