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  • cloughie
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    • Dec 2011
    • 22182

    Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
    Oh, yes! The "dark lady" of the First Symphony!



    Cacti? And "former prickles"?? Ex-thorns?

    STOP LAUGHING, cloughie and give us a clue!
    How about the bush with red berries popular at Christmas.

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    • ferneyhoughgeliebte
      Gone fishin'
      • Sep 2011
      • 30163

      Graham Nash? (Of Crosby, Stills and The Hollies)

      So a trio of Willies? Smorgasbord!
      [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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      • cloughie
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        • Dec 2011
        • 22182

        Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
        Graham Nash? (Of Crosby, Stills and The Hollies)

        So a trio of Willies? Smorgasbord!
        I think we're almost there please can you summarise, William Anderson was not one of the answers!

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        • ferneyhoughgeliebte
          Gone fishin'
          • Sep 2011
          • 30163

          Originally posted by cloughie View Post
          I think we're almost there please can you summarise, William Mitchell was not one of the answers!
          I think it's:

          Willie Walton.
          Willie Russell (who wrote J,P,G,R & Bert)
          Graham Nash (who was nicknamed Willie by Ms Mitchell).
          [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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          • cloughie
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            • Dec 2011
            • 22182

            Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
            I think it's:

            Willie Walton.
            Willie Russell (who wrote J,P,G,R & Bert)
            Graham Nash (who was nicknamed Willie by Ms Mitchell).
            All correct spelling Willy? or Willie? who cares they sound the same.

            Ferney an X or something - there's a bit of discretion with these tricky letters I've learnt!

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            • Anna

              Originally posted by cloughie View Post
              All correct spelling Willy? or Willie? who cares they sound the same.
              Can I have some of whatever cloughie is on?

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              • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                Gone fishin'
                • Sep 2011
                • 30163

                Originally posted by cloughie View Post
                Ferney an X or something - there's a bit of discretion with these tricky letters I've learnt!
                I think I've done an X before: I seem to remember spending nearly an hour sorting one out only for someone to get it within 2 minutes! So I'll sort out a Y for tomorrow - bedtime now!
                [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                • Flay
                  Full Member
                  • Mar 2007
                  • 5795

                  Originally posted by cloughie View Post

                  Je n'ais pas Oblique!
                  I'm not so sure about the grammar, but, by 'eck, cloughie, you're very oblique!

                  Nice challenge all the same!

                  Onwards and upwards....

                  Why do we do this? Because we must! We have no choice. It is obligatory. It is a duty.

                  After all, if we didn't do this, who would? The Alphabet must be associated.

                  Ours is not to reason Y. To do, or die, ferney!
                  Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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                  • mercia
                    Full Member
                    • Nov 2010
                    • 8920

                    Originally posted by Flay View Post
                    Why do we do this?
                    that's what I keep asking myself. poor old alphabet - it never asked to be associated

                    I think I was trying too hard with W - it was really quite straightforward
                    Last edited by mercia; 10-03-12, 05:33.

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                    • Anna

                      Originally posted by mercia View Post
                      I think I was trying too hard with W - it was really quite straightforward
                      Indeed, and the fact that Graham Nash was nicknamed Willie by Joni Mitchell completely slipped your mind!

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                      • cloughie
                        Full Member
                        • Dec 2011
                        • 22182

                        'Je n'ais pas Oblique!' should've been 'je ne suis pas oblique!' - pardon my franglais!

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                        • Flay
                          Full Member
                          • Mar 2007
                          • 5795

                          Originally posted by cloughie View Post
                          'Je n'ais pas Oblique!' should've been 'je ne suis pas oblique!' - pardon my franglais!
                          Or maybe "je n'ais pas le foggiest"

                          Don't worry, my French is so rusty it has corroded through!
                          Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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                          • cloughie
                            Full Member
                            • Dec 2011
                            • 22182

                            Originally posted by Flay View Post
                            Or maybe "je n'ais pas le foggiest"

                            Don't worry, my French is so rusty it has corroded through!
                            Certainly better franglais!

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                            • Norfolk Born

                              Moi, je me trouvais totalement dépassé (not for la première fois and certainement not pour la dernière)

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                              • Anna

                                Je ne comprends pas ce qui se passait, mais qui est habituel pour moi
                                (Oh well, it'll be quiet on AA this weekend I think, three major rugby matches!)

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