The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prucock

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  • Nick Armstrong
    Host
    • Nov 2010
    • 26533

    The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prucock

    That is how Sean Rafferty read out the title of T.S.Eliot's poem on 'In Tune' this afternoon.

    "Prucock".

    Surely no excuse for that, is there? This isn't about the niceties of how to pronounce some little-known Lithuanian composer's name, or the like. It's about actually having some grasp of the basics in return for being paid to 'present' the Arts on a supposedly flagship radio station.


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    Last edited by Nick Armstrong; 08-10-15, 19:50.
    "...the isle is full of noises,
    Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
    Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
    Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

  • teamsaint
    Full Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 25209

    #2
    Sounds like problems with his diction.
    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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    • Nick Armstrong
      Host
      • Nov 2010
      • 26533

      #3
      Originally posted by teamsaint View Post
      Sounds like problems with his diction.
      No it was pronounced with perfect clarity
      "...the isle is full of noises,
      Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
      Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
      Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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      • teamsaint
        Full Member
        • Nov 2010
        • 25209

        #4
        Originally posted by Caliban View Post
        No it was pronounced with perfect clarity
        shall we develop this line of punning, (please)or just concentrate on the lack of preparation , and unrelenting obsequiousness ?
        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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        • Nick Armstrong
          Host
          • Nov 2010
          • 26533

          #5
          Originally posted by teamsaint View Post
          punning
          Whoops I was taking it seriously!
          "...the isle is full of noises,
          Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
          Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
          Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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          • teamsaint
            Full Member
            • Nov 2010
            • 25209

            #6
            Originally posted by Caliban View Post
            Whoops I was taking it seriously!
            sorry, thought I would start subtle.

            Whereas you were probably, and quite reasonably, just trying to prick his conscience.
            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.

            Comment

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