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  • Nick Armstrong
    Host
    • Nov 2010
    • 26524
    #2206
    Originally posted by hercule

    certainly does work and it is / was what I had in mind

    good ol' yellow pages

    a clean sweep (more kitchenware) for Caliban

    o....o.....over to you
    O God yes, do you remember that syrupy patronising voice on the ads "Good old Yellow Pages"... trying to transform a phone book into some treasured aspect of British historical tradition...

    O - O - Uh - O

    Well...

    From the most northerly of its kind to two most serene rivals... What musical O links all three?

    "...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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    • Nick Armstrong
      Host
      • Nov 2010
      • 26524
      #2207
      You are on a couple of right tracks, mon cher Hercule
      "...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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      • Norfolk Born
        #2208
        Opera houses? Europe's northernmost is in Oulu, and Venice (La Serenissima) has two (La Fenice and San Cassiano)

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        • Nick Armstrong
          Host
          • Nov 2010
          • 26524
          #2209
          OFCA: no - not opera or opera houses ...
          "...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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          • Nick Armstrong
            Host
            • Nov 2010
            • 26524
            #2210
            I have to depart now for a nice client lunch at an Italian restaurant (that is not a clue...). I'll be back during the afternoon, I'll wait a little before giving a clue or two, if requested
            "...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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            • Nick Armstrong
              Host
              • Nov 2010
              • 26524
              #2211
              Ah no... I haven't given any clues yet.

              Shall I wait until people log on in the evening before giving a little clue, or would you like one now?
              "...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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              • Nick Armstrong
                Host
                • Nov 2010
                • 26524
                #2212
                Haha it's ages since I've heard 'clever clogs' used in anger - a favourite expression of my dear late lamented grandmother
                "...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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                • Pianorak
                  Full Member
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 3127
                  #2213
                  Orion (constellation) ? - Philip Glass: Orion
                  My life, each morning when I dress, is four and twenty hours less. (J Richardson)

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                  • Nick Armstrong
                    Host
                    • Nov 2010
                    • 26524
                    #2214
                    No... Hercule's #2430 & #2431 are the only two helpful pointers so far.
                    "...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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                    • vinteuil
                      Full Member
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 12797
                      #2215
                      Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                      No... Hercule's #2430 & #2431 are the only two helpful pointers so far.
                      Venices of the North? - I know about Omsterdom in de nederlands.... and Ootrecht...

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                      • vinteuil
                        Full Member
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 12797
                        #2216
                        ... of course, Venice was not the only 'Serenissima' - so too were Lucca, Genoa, and San Marino - and indeed also the Lithuanian Polish Commonwealth [1569-1795]. But I don't think any of this helps...

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                        • Nick Armstrong
                          Host
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 26524
                          #2217
                          Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
                          Venices of the North? - I know about Omsterdom in de nederlands.... and Ootrecht...
                          Ro la la Monsieur Vinteuil - you're close with Venices of the North - but forget Holland.

                          I'll give a clue when someone asks... I happen to know rubberknickers is out of the loop tonight at a St David's Night dinner. Is that where Anna's gone - long time no hear...

                          PS Also forget the Lithuanian Polish Commonwealth
                          Last edited by Nick Armstrong; 01-03-11, 19:54. Reason: Adding advice re the Lithuanian Polish Commonwealth
                          "...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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                          • vinteuil
                            Full Member
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 12797
                            #2218
                            ... having gone from Arnold Östman (of Drottningholm) to Ostrobothnia - I was wondering whether Oslo had ever (like Birmingham) been called "the Venice of the North"?

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                            • Nick Armstrong
                              Host
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 26524
                              #2219
                              Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
                              ... having gone from Arnold Östman (of Drottningholm) to Ostrobothnia - I was wondering whether Oslo had ever (like Birmingham) been called "the Venice of the North"?
                              There are no places beginning with O involved in the answer.
                              "...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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                              • Nick Armstrong
                                Host
                                • Nov 2010
                                • 26524
                                #2220
                                Sorry, been tied up this evening fnar fnar...

                                To add a little more help, the "O" is musical, the three constituent parts of the question are not entirely so.
                                "...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..."

                                Comment

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