Alphabet associations - I

[Norfolk Born]

Not for the first time, I'm not quite sure what stage we've reached with the current question. Has it been satisfactorily answered, and if so who has the honour of setting the next? (I know it's not me ).

[Angle]

Nicely done, Mercia.


By the way, I really enjoyed the Turina set. The T options were many and varied and I managed a couple of connections with other words wihtout really getting anywhere before I sat back and let Turina surge into my mind.

Sorry Ofcar, right trade, wrong opera.

To round it off:
Caroline Unger turned Beethoven round to witness the applause at the first performance of his Ninth Symphony. She had sung in that first peormance.
Caroline Unger sang Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Mozart
Caroline Unger sang Rosina in The Barber of Seville, Rossini

And yes, I am sure she was a soprano but I also had noted that the Wiki entry described her as contralto. Just one more black mark for Wikipedia.

Up early? Yes, very, but I had an appointment at 9.15 and had to force myself out of bed. It was trather nice being out in the sunshine and wind at such an early hour. I might try it again.

Now the V is yours, to take your mind off Anna's place of sleep.

Best wishes to all on this lovely day.

[mercia]

contralto

and yet Rosina is a mezzo role, no? all very confusing
do you think she was the soprano or contralto in the infamous Beethoven 9?

questions, questions

what V musically connects

- a Hepburn failure
- Artur & the baby's family
- Shrove Tuesday food

[Angle]

Sorry about that, Mercia.

"Caroline Unger (sometimes "Ungher") (October 28, 1803 – March 23, 1877) was an Austro-Hungarian contralto." Wikipedia
"an Austrian contralto" Oxford Dictionary of Music
Only Wiki account of the turning around of Beethoven says she was soprano.

However, while Zerlina is a soprano role contemporary printed scores of The Barber tend to list Rosina as a mezzo-soprano role, the actual casting practice of opera houses varies widely. The role in its original key can be portrayed by both contraltos and mezzo-sopranos, and a popular transposed version is often used when a soprano is cast in the role. Singers of all three voice types have found considerable success with the role.

Yes, fairly confusing. Of what can we be sure?

[mercia]

don't apologise Angle

Of what can we be sure?

indeed, nothing at all

I must go offline for approx. 1 hour now

[Nick Armstrong]

Believe me ducks, never feel for the legal profession, if you do, they'll charge you by the minute!

Only just caught up and seen this! Anna! harsh!

(We charge in 6-minute units )

Toot toot !!

[amateur51]

Only just caught up and seen this! Anna! harsh!

(We charge in 6-minute units )

Toot toot !!

Aaaah yes The International Unit of Legal Work = 6 minutes aka The Clinton

[Nick Armstrong]

Aaaah yes The International Unit of Legal Work = 6 minutes aka The Clinton

[In southern drawl...] I did not give advice to that woman

[Tapiola]

[In southern drawl...] I did not give advice to that woman

Close, but no cigar...

[amateur51]

[In southern drawl...] I did not give advice to that woman

3 mins = un Chirac (avec douche)

6 mins = one Clinton

Any other contenders?

Or is this already too tasteless for words?

[Nick Armstrong]

3 mins = un Chirac (avec douche)

6 mins = one Clinton

Any other contenders?

Or is this already too tasteless for words?

I guess the "Dominique Strauss-Kahn" has yet to be internationally agreed....

But I imagine it's no more than 30 seconds...

[amateur51]

I guess the "Dominique Strauss-Kahn" has yet to be internationally agreed....

But I imagine it's no more than 30 seconds...

And 1 Huhne is ... well it depends if it's a particle or a wave, I guess Mr Schrodinger

[Nick Armstrong]

And 1 Huhne is ... well it depends if it's a particle or a wave, I guess Mr Schrodinger

And let's not get into what an Oaten might be....

[Norfolk Born]

45 minutes: a Blair (a unit of time during which many words are spoken and much heat, but little light, is generated, and which subsequently proves to have been empty after all).

[Anna]

Any other contenders?
Or is this already too tasteless for words?

A bit tasteless ..... but very funny

For any Corrie fans who have their recorders pre-set, change of schedule:
Sunday 29th May - 7pm Monday 30th May thru Friday 3rd June - 9pm
And finally, it'll be end of the Fishwick story