Alphabet associations - I

[vinteuil]

deceived body of water (e.g. Mediterranean)

... reminiscent of Stephen Dedalus's definition of a pier - " a disappointed bridge... "

[vinteuil]

Eventually it comes down to that familiar formula x = (−b + √(b2 − 4ac))/(2a) and somehow gives a number 1.61803398875... etc

... or

1 + √5
`2

[Flay]

... or

1 + √5
`2

Indubitably.

[Nick Armstrong]

... or

1 + √5
`2

I love it when you talk dirty

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

... or

1 + √5
`2

Ah; they don't write numbers like that any more!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Anglo-Saxon moggy

Hmm; I feel I should know this, but all that I can think of is the Irish monk's poem about his cat (?Pangay?).

EDIT: Pangur Ban. (Thank you, wiki!)

[vinteuil]

Pangur Ban.

... is surely more Celtic than Anglo-Saxon?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

... is surely more Celtic than Anglo-Saxon?

Exactly my problem!

[Nick Armstrong]

rephrase these for works by H

Anglo-Saxon moggy
deceived body of water (e.g. Mediterranean)
alone in a French thoroughfare
a beeline for e.g. the Thames

This is a most intriguing puzzle. Just to let you know, I am chipping away...

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

<doh><doh> and thrice <doh>!

Max Bygraves! (You need ...)

[Nick Armstrong]

<doh><doh> and thrice <doh>!

Max Bygraves! (You need ...)

You certainly have the advantage of me.

Go on Ferns, you appear to have cracked it.

[mercia]

yes the ferne has it

I was hoping I had made this one fairly straightforward

what is a moggy ? what do most people understand by Anglo Saxon ? what kind of body of water is the Mediterranean ? wide tree-lined Parisian thoroughfares ? loneliness ?

[vinteuil]

fairly straightforward

?

... but requiring a knowledge of the œuvre of Max Bygraves!? :

[mercia]

Max Bygraves "You need hands"

hands minus D

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

... but requiring a knowledge of the œuvre of Max Bygraves!? :

Apologies, vinty; Sachs?