<p>Perhaps I did not see the insult because I did not understand the inclusion of the term … great wheeze. Unless I considered it a term for great cleverness and smarts. :)</p>
<p>PG Wodehouse had his character Bertram Wooster, use the phrase " a great wheeze".
Jeeves, of course, would not use such an informal tone.
;)</p>
<p>Ah, it is a briticism. Thanks for pointing me in the correct direction.</p>
<p>Of course, I am also the person who found the dive into the English culture exhibited at the London Olympics Opening ceremony to be a giant and silly bore. :p</p>
<p>Not sure what being unfamiliar with one of the masters of the English language whose career spanned more than 70 yrs and who is still widely read almost 40 yrs after his death, has to do with a television broadcast, but ok.
;)</p>
<p>Consolation, I don’t know why you are so sensitive to the thought that someone might disagree with you about the academic and financial values of a semester abroad. But I wish you well.</p>