After someone remarked to her that she shared some of Hylda Baker's mannerisms, Fergusson recalled doing impressions of the Lancashire comedy actor and queen of innuendo-ridden malapropisms in the playground at school.
Ngemuva kokuthi othile emtshele ukuthi okunye kokwenza kwakhe kufana nokukaHylda Baker, uFergusson uzikhumbulile elingisa lo somahlaya waseLancashire ongusaziwayo kuyi-malapropism egcwele ukugudlisela enkundleni emagcekeni esikole.