Alphabet associations - I

[Nick Armstrong]

Maybe the wrong Parry, Anna What about Herbert Parry's sister Gwennie who lived two doors down from the Parch?

No, can't be - she did double glazing, not anthems.

Run out of Parrys now we have

My great-grandmother was a Parry

How are we all?

[cloughie]

Maybe the wrong Parry, Anna What about Herbert Parry's sister Gwennie who lived two doors down from the Parch?

No, can't be - she did double glazing, not anthems.

Run out of Parrys now we have

We need ferney to stop parrying the answers.

[Anna]

My great-grandmother was a Parry
How are we all?

The Barmouth Parrys? My family has married into them ............ I thought of Joseph Parry of course but Aberystwyth, although it goes with a swing is not exactly Benny Goodman material .... not is John Parry, Welsh harpist suitable, if it is that Benny of course?

[mercia]

No, not that one.

I Was Glad ??? - Parry anthem

[Anna]

I Was Glad ??? - Parry anthem

You mean, as in, "Ain't cha Glad?"

[subcontrabass]

Aberystwyth

Hmmm. The first part of the word "Aberystwyth" sounds slightly like ABBA, a quartet including a Benny, but how is a motto involved in that?

[Nick Armstrong]

The Barmouth Parrys? My family has married into them ............

I will have to consult with the relevant aunt. I only know that my great grandmother was called Mary Parry I suspect it was a North Wales - North East England alliance, as her husband was a Lancastrian and manager of theatres in Salford etc.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Not that piece or not that Parry?

Yes.

Is Benny, Goodman?

No.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I Was Glad ??? - Parry anthem

No, not that one.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I thought of Joseph Parry of course but Aberystwyth

THAT one!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

The first part of the word "Aberystwyth" sounds slightly like ABBA, a quartet including a Benny

but how is a motto involved in that?

"but", indeed!

[vinteuil]

Not that piece or not that Parry?

asks cloughie, to which ferney replies -

Yes.

My logical systems defeat me here, ferneyhiccough -

Yes, not that piece; < and/or > Yes, not that Parry.

So - to be clear - not Parry [viz Hubert] and not that piece [viz 'Jerusalem']?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

So - to be clear - not Parry and not that piece?

Yes, Parry (but also "yes, not that Parry") and not that piece. (Or any by that Parry, as I hope subsequent posts have made clear.)

[Norfolk Born]

We need ferney to stop parrying the answers.

I'm struggling to work out the precise thrust of his comments.

[Anna]

I'm struggling to work out the precise thrust of his comments.

I'm struggling to find a musical motto to link ABBA and Aberystwyth!! The tune is used for the National Anthems of Tanzania and Zambia (bit of trivia), the Uni motto refers to nothing musical, so I really don't know. Someone must have an idea .......?