"wˌʌt?"ɔːɹ "¿kəmˈoʊ?" ɐ mˈoːɹ pəlˈaɪt wˈeɪ ʌv "wˌʌt?", wˌɪtʃ wˈʌns lˈɛd tʊ ɐ pɚtˈɪkjʊlɚli hˈɛɹbɹeɪnd ɡˈɛst mˈɪsɪz. ɹˈɪtʃɚdz bᵻlˈiːvɪŋ bˈeɪzəlz nˈeɪm tə bˈiː "sˈiː. kˈeɪ. wˈɑːt".
("What?") or "¿Cómo?" (a more polite way of "What?"), which once led to a particularly harebrained guest (Mrs. Richards) believing Basil's name to be "C. K. Watt".