Alphabet associations - I

[Don Petter]

Happily, I am no longer amazed.

Grace Bumbry played Venus in Tannhauser. Probably the first black person ever to visit Bayreuth, let alone sing!

John Newton, of course, wrote Amazing Grace.

Well done, on some amazing work. H for Hercule...!

It's happened again! Here I am in sunny Torquay, thirsting for a question, and it's an interregnum.

[mercia]

H please to connect

- a native of Mecklenburg
- a first at the Queen's Hall
- Louis's fantastic mum

[Nick Armstrong]

John Newton, of course, wrote Amazing Grace.

I trust the "of course" is intended ironically....

Feeling rather ignorant here! I need a cocktail... Oh, that's lucky!

[mercia]

apologies everyone, I should have said Mecklenburg-Schwerin

[rubbernecker]

apologies everyone, I should have said Mecklenburg-Schwerin

No, you shouldn't! There's nothing wrong with trying to split the pack between America and Germany - it all adds to the thrill of the chase. Tally ho!

[mercia]

Tally ho!

has rubbers been at your cocktail Caliban? he's seems a bit excitable

[Nick Armstrong]

H please to connect

- a native of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
- a first at the Queen's Hall
- Louis's fantastic mum

apologies everyone, I should have said Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Had a bit of a tipple yourself, hercule? You did say Mecklenburg-Schwerin, didn't you??

Personally I'm going to have to hold out a little longer, but if I'm not nose-down in something potent by 6:45, I shall want to know the reason why

As for rubbers, all this spring sunshine makes him frisky. Drunk on the headiness of life, is old rubberknickers

[mercia]

You did say Mecklenburg-Schwerin, didn't you??

indeed I did, is that ok?

[rubbernecker]

indeed I did, is that ok?

I think originally you just put Mecklenburg, but you've post-edited it since, hence the confusion which prompted Caliban's cheeky suggestion.

[rubbernecker]

...and now I see you've edited it once again to put it back to the original. Hercule, didn't your mother ever tell you to leave it alone!

[mercia]

well if my first edit confused people, the last thing I want to do is confuse

[rubbernecker]

A general point emerges here: if you do have to edit your post, then check that no replies have been made which are dependent on the original post otherwise it gets very confusing.

No criticism intended, Hercule, but if you hadn't post-edited your answer to the recent D question (Dances), Ofca possibly would not have overlooked the Midsummer Marriage connection, thus saving us all a headache.

If you make a mistake, then edit the original post if practicable (and say why, if it's significant) otherwise it's better simply to post another message. Anyone disagree?

[Norfolk Born]

Not I! I imagine that my 'D' question would have been settled much more quickly had I seen the edit, which appears to have been made after some 2 hours had elapsed. It was only a reference to Tippett in another, later message that alerted me to the fact that his name had cropped up at all. On to Mecklenburg (thinks: where did I leave that thinking-cap?)

[Nick Armstrong]

A general point emerges here: if you do have to edit your post, then check that no replies have been made which are dependent on the original post otherwise it gets very confusing.

No criticism intended, Hercule, but if you hadn't post-edited your answer to the recent D question (Dances), Ofca possibly would not have overlooked the Midsummer Marriage connection, thus saving us all a headache.

If you make a mistake, then edit the original post if practicable (and say why, if it's significant) otherwise it's better simply to post another message. Anyone disagree?

My little tease was solely intended as such but in fact I do agree with that edit point. I recall not understanding the D solution, as (having been away for a while) catching up by reading through was too confusing to make it worthwhile trying to understand.

A solution where a substantive change is made (as opposed to a mere typo) might be to edit a post, not by obliterating the original error, but ADDING the correct new information, making it clear that it is an EDIT:

[rubbernecker]

A solution where a substantive change is made (as opposed to a mere typo) might be to edit a post, not by obliterating the original error, but ADDING the correct new information, making it clear that it is an EDIT:

Yes, but that wouldn't have helped in the recent D scenario. New (as opposed to correct) information should always be in a new post.

EDIT: Actually what I should have said was: New (as distinct from correct)...