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[Anna]

messages in Welsh appears to have passed).

I do apologise if I have upset anyone here, I was merely replying to Pianorak who started posting in Welsh, and I don't recall swearing, if I did then double apologies.

[Tapiola]

I was the sweary one, but reported cusses only...

[BetweenTheStaves]

I do apologise if I have upset anyone here, I was merely replying to Pianorak who started posting in Welsh, and I don't recall swearing, if I did then double apologies.

LOL! No, the swearing was from me when I opened my bill !! Mind you, I do find the road signs in Wales somewhat dangerous being in both languages. I am all for keeping the Welsh language alive but do question the need for road signs to be in both languages - from a road safety perspective.

[Anna]

Actually, in Welsh, even if you are remarking upon the price of sprouts, it sounds like swearing!! Good Schnittke puzzle, I wouldn't have had a clue, nor the Rhapsody puzzle.

[BetweenTheStaves]

Is it Thomas?

Anne Sofie won her award with Thomas Quasthoff

The opera Mignon by Ambroise Thomas is based on Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship. (Lehrjahre)

Just missing the Thomas in St Davids....

EDIT: Thomas Fastolf, sometimes spelt Fastolfe (died June 1361) was an English canon lawyer and Bishop of St David's from 1352 until his death. ????

[BetweenTheStaves]

"From Southern Germany" said Grove and Williams. "Not so," said Mr Skinner, "more likely from the US." What U were they referring to?

[Pianorak]

I do apologise if I have upset anyone here, I was merely replying to Pianorak who started posting in Welsh, . . .

Humble apologies for any upset caused. Just to clarify: English and the occasional foray into French and German is ok, but another official British language ain't. Seems odd but there you are. As you were.

[Anna]

Oh, Duw, Duw! Let us not get our underwear into a proverbial twist about this and think about the latest puzzle. Although I am off now to do some research into the silkworm industry of Provence.

I think hercule's St. David's composer was Thomas Tompkins.

[Pianorak]

Let us not get our underwear into a proverbial twist about this

Indeed not. Underwear perfectly untwisted - after all it's a double helping of Corrie soon!
Unable to concentrate on anything else at the mo.

[Pianorak]

Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum
Switch on the Telly in time for Corrie!

[Nick Armstrong]

Tumbleweed rolls again through the Alphabet Associations thread as Peter Barlow's revenges prepare to burst over the guilty heads in the Street....

[Norfolk Born]

The bombshell has been dropped - just time to make a cuppa and check on emails etc. before settling down to witness the fallout!
(A quick thought in passing: might Mr. Skinner be Leonard, the headmaster of Bart Simpson's school?)

[Nick Armstrong]

Decided to watch it 'live' rather than wait for the weekend. Slightly underwhelming, I thought... Expected a punch up, flying bouquets, blood, weeping children... Highlight was Norris's "You have to hand it to them , the Barlows are very good value" comment... hard on the heels of the Betty-Rosie exchange on the subject of Twitter. Which reminds me why Sally doesn't do it for me: can't abide the way she says "Wosie"....

[Anna]

Tumbleweed rolls again through the Alphabet Associations thread as Peter Barlow's revenges prepare to burst over the guilty heads in the Street....

Tell me something. The average R3 listener is white, aged 54 and lives in the Home Counties. What has this to do with Corrie?

[Nick Armstrong]

Tell me something. The average R3 listener is white, aged 54 and lives in the Home Counties. What has this to do with Corrie?

I have no idea Anna! Very strange!