Alphabet associations - I

[Norfolk Born]

I have no particular connection with Manchester (although I did once have a girlfriend who hailed from Didsbury - or was it Withington?).

For me, the main attractions of the programme are:

- the deadpan Northern humour (not that dissimilar to - or should that be from? - the one-liners encountered in programmes from the US);

- the razor-sharp dialogue used to deliver devastating putdowns;

- the many examples of brilliantly written and acted two-handers, such as the one that featured Curly and Raquel coming to terms with the failure of their own relationship while the rest of the world celebrated the New Year; and

- those characters who epitomise self-delusion, such as Julie, who dresses like a 1940s nanny and then wonders why she can't find, let alone keep, a man.

- oh yes, and Sally Webster.

[Anna]

Thanks for that Ofca, most enlightening to see it's the scripts and the characters rather than a nostalgic longing for the scenes of your boyhood. I did try it some weeks ago but someone posted (now I cannot remember who) that increasing the number of episodes increased the number of troughs as against the peaks.

Edit: I'm no doubt wrong but I say "Ennui"

[Nick Armstrong]

Thanks for that Ofca, most enlightening to see it's the scripts and the characters rather than a nostalgic longing for the scenes of your boyhood. I did try it some weeks ago but someone posted (now I cannot remember who) that increasing the number of episodes increased the number of troughs as against the peaks.

Edit: I'm no doubt wrong but I say "Ennui"

OFCA: we were taught "Anewyh"... I have northern family roots and grandparents all watch the Street - but lately in fact I have a work-related reason for keeping abreast of events there

I am very much lacking in inspiration as regards question setting. I have come up with a sorbet to refresh the palate before (perhaps) a heavyweight D

What is the C in common between a Roman stage work ending in a visual love duet, the number 317, and Rita's Kabin?

EDIT: the sorbet image is not a clue

[Nick Armstrong]

[Anna]

Rita's Kabin? Well, even I know that's Corrie! Now I suppose one of you Granada fans will tell me in Episode 317 something happened!

[Nick Armstrong]

Rita's Kabin? Well, even I know that's Corrie! Now I suppose one of you Granada fans will tell me in Episode 317 something happened!

Concentrate, Anna! And don't use abbreviations!

[antongould]

So it's Coronation? With possibly The Coronation of Poppea?

[Nick Armstrong]

So it's Coronation? With possibly The Coronation of Poppea?

No questions marks or 'possibly' about it, anton

[antongould]

And the "Coronation" Mass K317?

[mercia]

Anton

[Anna]

K 317
I thought it was going to be corner (shop), cruise or carbon (monoxide)

Well, I was going down a different path altogether and wondering if Rita smoked Consulates or had appeared in Calendar Girls!

Edit: 317 is all to do with Julian Calendar, the Year of the Consulship of Gallicanus and Bassus. I just add this in case you think I have lost the plot.

[vinteuil]

Just out of interest: were you told that the author's name was pronounced 'Ennui' (no joke intended), or 'Anewya'? I've heard both.

wiki advises:

"Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃.naˈnuj]; - not, as often mispronounced, [(n)aˈnwi]"

Perhaps Fr: Fr: can also advise?

[Anna]

wiki advises:
"Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃.naˈnuj]; - not, as often mispronounced, [(n)aˈnwi]"
Perhaps Fr: Fr: can also advise?

Vint, there is a pronunciation thread, perhaps you could ask there?

[Nick Armstrong]

And the "Coronation" Mass K317?

There you go!

Coronation of Poppea
Coronation Mass
Coronation Street, I say, Coronation Street (*to be said in the voice of the late great Fred Elliott*)

And.... cue the original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf-wKmC2Z-k

[Anna]

Actually (can't be bothered to look up who wrote it), that clip, it's not a bad bit of music. Is Fred Elliott Billy Elliott's Dad?