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  • Don Petter

    Originally posted by Richard Tarleton View Post
    I knew this was asking for trouble

    Good opener Don, I may have to relax the rules to allow limericks.
    I hadn't thought of it as a limerick. It was meant to be a parody of the opening of 'Oh, my name is John Wellington Wells ...' from The Sorcerer.

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    • french frank
      Administrator/Moderator
      • Feb 2007
      • 30205

      Well, I shall not attempt poetry. Just say I think Yanneen Yansen is not the usual pronunciation.
      It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.

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      • Suffolkcoastal
        Full Member
        • Nov 2010
        • 3290

        Cheating a bit, but here's my offering:


        I'm the giggling Clemmie Burton-Hill
        and my voice gives Radio64 his early morning thrill
        I invite you to write, call, text and tweet
        'bout what your cat does in the morning and what it likes to eat.

        I ask you with me round the room to dance
        and email me what you've been up to on holiday in France
        but when it comes to giving you the all the key and important facts
        you'll find that knowledge of music is something my brain totally lacks.
        Last edited by Suffolkcoastal; 18-07-14, 20:25.

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        • Zucchini
          Guest
          • Nov 2010
          • 917

          Originally posted by french frank View Post
          Well, I shall not attempt poetry. Just say I think Yanneen Yansen is not the usual pronunciation.
          It's correct. She's Dutch. But it's not usually spoken that way ( bit like the frog place, Paree.)

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          • french frank
            Administrator/Moderator
            • Feb 2007
            • 30205

            Originally posted by Zucchini View Post
            It's correct. She's Dutch. But it's not usually spoken that way ( bit like the frog place, Paree.)
            No, it isn't spoken that way. She is Dutch, but every pronunciation I've checked said Zhanine, including one where she was wandering in Paree with Richard Bugnon and he addressed her as Zh-anine.

            Pronny gives you the right pronunciation of important names belonging to the major languages of the world. Click on the language or on the category, or type the name in the Search box, then click and listen. Names of important persons, places, things etc. are listed.






            (Steven Isserlis says she gave him a lesson!)
            It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.

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            • teamsaint
              Full Member
              • Nov 2010
              • 25190

              Day after day,
              Clemency Hill,
              The Girl with the gorgeous grin is keeping AMAZINGLY still
              But everybody wants to know her
              They can see that she's not really a fool,
              And she always gives an answer,

              But the girl on the hill,
              Sees the sun going down,er..up...
              And the eyes in her head,
              See the discs spinning 'round.

              Well on the way,
              Head in a data cloud,
              The girl of a thousand voices talking perfectly loud
              But nobody (from the forum) ever hears her,
              or the sounds she appears to make,
              and she never seems to notice,

              But the Clemency hill,
              Sees the sun going down,er up...
              And the eyes in her head,
              See the INCREDIBLE discs spinning 'round.

              And the guests seem to like her,
              they can tell what she wants to do,
              and she always shows her feelings,



              Ooh, ooh,
              Round and round and round.

              And she always listens to them,(honest)
              SHe knows that they're the fools
              They don't, er DO like her,

              The Clemency B hill
              Sees the sun going down,er up
              And the eyes in her head,
              See the discs spinning 'round.

              With apologies to the fab four, and Radio 64.

              I'm sure she is lovely really.
              Last edited by teamsaint; 18-07-14, 21:02.
              I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.

              I am not a number, I am a free man.

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              • antongould
                Full Member
                • Nov 2010
                • 8774

                Originally posted by teamsaint View Post
                Day after day,
                Clemency Hill,
                The Girl with the gorgeous grin is keeping AMAZINGLY still
                But everybody wants to know her
                They can see that she's not really a fool,
                And she always gives an answer,

                But the girl on the hill,
                Sees the sun going down,er..up...
                And the eyes in her head,
                See the discs spinning 'round.

                Well on the way,
                Head in a data cloud,
                The girl of a thousand voices talking perfectly loud
                But nobody (from the forum) ever hears her,
                or the sounds she appears to make,
                and she never seems to notice,

                But the Clemency hill,
                Sees the sun going down,er up...
                And the eyes in her head,
                See the INCREDIBLE discs spinning 'round.

                And the guests seem to like her,
                they can tell what she wants to do,
                and she always shows her feelings,



                Ooh, ooh,
                Round and round and round.

                And she always listens to them,(honest)
                SHe knows that they're the fools
                They don't, er DO like her,

                The Clemency B hill
                Sees the sun going down,er up
                And the eyes in her head,
                See the discs spinning 'round.

                With apologies to the fab four, and Radio 64.

                I'm sure she is lovely really.
                An absolutely remarkable performance especially for a POETS....

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                • Zucchini
                  Guest
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 917

                  Originally posted by french frank View Post
                  No, it isn't spoken that way. She is Dutch, but every pronunciation I've checked said Zhanine,...
                  And Wiki says "Jan (pronounced Yann or Yaan) is a variant of John in Catalan, Czech, Polish, Dutch...". I've worked with a Dutch client called Jan for endless years and he's always called Yann or Yaan - never ever Zhan. I can't see that Janine should be any different. And I don't care very much.

                  ps By the way, my wife has been completing a Rajar diary and got a crisp fiver for offering to do ir online. We got a bag of Tesco curry and entered the maximum for Breakfast & Essential Classics to keep Rog happy... (not quite true!)

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                  • ardcarp
                    Late member
                    • Nov 2010
                    • 11102

                    May I wearily predict that The Thunder and Lightning Polka will be played (not just tweeted) on Breakfast any time now?

                    Anyway, another bit for doggerel corner:

                    The BBC management thrill
                    To the sound of Ms Clemency Hill.
                    So eager to choose her,
                    Not wanting to lose her,
                    They insist that she stays on the pill.
                    Last edited by ardcarp; 19-07-14, 07:30.

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                    • french frank
                      Administrator/Moderator
                      • Feb 2007
                      • 30205

                      Originally posted by Zucchini View Post
                      And Wiki says "Jan (pronounced Yann or Yaan) is a variant of John in Catalan, Czech, Polish, Dutch...". I've worked with a Dutch client called Jan for endless years and he's always called Yann or Yaan - never ever Zhan. I can't see that Janine should be any different. And I don't care very much.
                      Well, thanks for your contribution anyway. Possibly a brother(?) was also mentioned as a performer: Jan Jansen (pronounced 'Yan Yansen'), which I assumed to be correct, so I didn't mention it. You may not be able to 'see that Janine should be any different', but it is, whether you care or not. I thought three examples, including a well-known musician saying he'd been told by the lady herself how to pronounce it, would be enough evidence, even for a sceptic.
                      It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.

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                      • Richard Tarleton

                        Originally posted by Don Petter View Post
                        I hadn't thought of it as a limerick. It was meant to be a parody of the opening of 'Oh, my name is John Wellington Wells ...' from The Sorcerer.
                        Sorry I failed to spot that ....great one from ts .....

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                        • Roehre

                          Originally posted by french frank View Post
                          Well, thanks for your contribution anyway. Possibly a brother(?) was also mentioned as a performer: Jan Jansen (pronounced 'Yan Yansen'), which I assumed to be correct, so I didn't mention it. You may not be able to 'see that Janine should be any different', but it is, whether you care or not. I thought three examples, including a well-known musician saying he'd been told by the lady herself how to pronounce it, would be enough evidence, even for a sceptic.
                          as Janine is the Dutch version, and pronounced as such, of the French Jeanine

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                          • Richard Tarleton

                            Originally posted by french frank View Post
                            What I heard was a perfect Italian pronunciation of Concierto (de Aranjuez) - ConchaiRRto. De sounded French. Aranjuez best left to the imagination ...
                            I returned from putting out the rubbish just now to hear the strains of the last movement of same (Mrs T had surreptitiously tuned in to Breakfast). CB-H completely mangled Aranjuez, I couldn't begin to render her version phonetically .

                            PS do you mean to say that KD played it on 4.7 ? That was less than 3 weeks ago! Perhaps it was a different movement BTW I switched back to Today
                            Last edited by Guest; 22-07-14, 07:45. Reason: Amazement

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                            • Radio64
                              Full Member
                              • Jan 2014
                              • 962

                              Clemmy played a really loooong piece on the Classical Chart on Friday (just catching up via podcast). You folks should be happy!
                              "Gone Chopin, Bach in a minuet."

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                              • jean
                                Late member
                                • Nov 2010
                                • 7100

                                Originally posted by Don Petter View Post
                                I hadn't thought of it as a limerick. It was meant to be a parody of the opening of 'Oh, my name is John Wellington Wells ...' from The Sorcerer.
                                Which is a limerick!

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