Alphabet associations - I

[cloughie]

I suppose the convention developed because of the wind blowing in the sailor's face - he would be facing the direction it was coming from

All this North and South but to (mis)quote a well-known boat song:

What care I who's the H is,
What care I for wind and weather?
Let me know boys, what the G is
As back to the game we play!

It's somebody's big chance!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Gust?

[rubbernecker]

... thanks, ferney. Like you and brother cloughie I would normally take 'southerly', 'south westerly' as meaning 'from' that direction; I was just amused to find that OED defines it as either 'to' or 'from' - where you might have thought the distinction could be critical! - and to my ears 'blow the wind south' certainly feels more southwards than otherwise...

I return after almost three days absence somewhat bemused to note this subject still seems to be exercising the finer minds of the forum members. Time to let it blow over, perhaps?

[cloughie]

I return after almost three days absence somewhat bemused to note this subject still seems to be exercising the finer minds of the forum members. Time to let it blow over, perhaps?

Depends which direction you're coming from!

[cloughie]

Gust?

No, I said big chance!

[rubbernecker]

Sounds grand to me

[cloughie]

Sounds grand to me

Full resume please!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Gust?

No, I said big chance!

Gale?

[rubbernecker]

Full resume please!

Well, I suspect Mercia was there already but too modest to step up to the plate.

Franz Berwald Grand Septet in B flat
Mikhail Glinka Grand Sextet in E flat
The quintet I confess is eluding me as there is a Grand Quintet by Weber who is a C (by any standards) and another by Georges Onslow but I think we are supposed to be looking for another M...?

[cloughie]

Gale?

Stop digging, Rubbernecker has lived up to his name and seen it first!

[Flay]

Just back from walking the dogs. I had wondered if it was going to be a $1000 question, but could only find the Glinka sextet.

[Flay]

But I am flummoxed by the original thinking that found the target

[cloughie]

Well, I suspect Mercia was there already but too modest to step up to the plate.

Franz Berwald Grand Septet in B flat
Mikhail Glinka Grand Sextet in E flat
The quintet I confess is eluding me as there is a Grand Quintet by Weber who is a C (by any standards) and another by Georges Onslow but I think we are supposed to be looking for another M...?

You are indeed an by coincidence his surname begins with G and he also wrote a Guitar Concerto or three!

[rubbernecker]

You are indeed an by coincidence his surname begins with G and he also wrote a Guitar Concerto or three!

Mauro Giuliani?

He wrote a Gran Quintetto, op. 65 (two violins, viola, cello & guitar)

But surely it couldn't be that obscure? Or could it....

[Nick Armstrong]

Aaah this is more like the AA of yore ... mercs working thru the night, me completely befuddled by the whole thing

and me joining in at lunchtime, with my weekend brain in, having got up late, and in desperate need of coffee...

... and rubbers bouncing in from nowhere and scooping the pot...

Just like the old days!!