Alphabet associations - I

[Norfolk Born]

Yevgeny? (I've already wandered down that track, but it seemed to peeter out quite quickly).

[mercia]

Yevgeny?

excellent. well done

Yevgeny Nesterenko, won Viotti Gold Medal 1981 for Boris Godunov
Yevgeny Svetlanov, accomplished pianist as well as conductor
Yevgeny Mravinsky, refused to premiere Shostakovich's 13th Symphony in 1962, which apparently soured their friendship

because I went backwards in the alphabet and doversoul set an A question, the next letter is actually B

[Nick Armstrong]

Yes, what about Friday's Corrie? I found it more than a little contrived - such a shame after the sustained brilliance of the previous five days. It rather put me in mind of the ending(s) of a certain Haydn String Quartet.

A minor quibble from earlier in the week. In a tension-filled scene in which John is trying to persuade Fiz to help him, he asks her whether the material he's found is strong enough for the nefarious deed they are about to perpetrate:

"Help me here, Fiz, you know about these things - tensile strength..." (my italics). I didn't realize Fiz had been studying textile engineering while waiting for him to come home from his various disappearances.

The Steve/Becky/Max/Amy storyline, on the other hand, seemed just about pitch-perfect throughout. If I'm not careful, I shall start feeling just a little bit sorry for Becky, so good is Miss Kelly's acting. Do you think somebody's got a copy of 'The Shining' in their DVD collection?

A non-computer weekend did however feature the Corrie omnibus - agree with all the above (save that the Haydn parallel did not occur to me ). Becky with the sledgehammer was magnificent and I thought the implausibility of John/Colin doing a disappearing act after his fall was compensated for by the spooky frisson of the wounded loony still being on the run. I also thought that it was rather effective for him to be quoting Shakespeare and reading Milton, as befits a baffled psychotic schoolteacher....

Most impressed with progress here (I'd have got the Yevgeny if I'd read it in time ) and delighted that the artist formerly known as Lady-Dover-hyphen-Sole is among us

[vinteuil]

doversoul set an A question

there doesn't seem to be a "huff" emoticon

[Nick Armstrong]

there doesn't seem to be a "huff" emoticon

Surely a emoticon or even a is appropriate to welcome enthusiastic new participants!

[vinteuil]

o and and soyez la bienvenue to l'Âme-de-Douvres, mais bien sûr!!

my huffitude proceeds elsewhence...

[Norfolk Born]

Have I done enough to set 'B'? All I did was google the correct Christian name...still, I'll devise a 'B' if that is the general wish.

[Norfolk Born]

Which small British resident beginning with 'B' inspired an American songwriting team in the year of the General Strike, a British songwriting team in the year a Labour foreign secretary resigned, and Mr R C Waldron in the year a fox was convicted of spying? The linking word occurs in all three elements, all of which are musical.

[vinteuil]

Mr R C Waldron.

... ah yes, which of us can forget his great work: "Abomasal and duodenal motility in yearling cattle after administration of prokinetic drugs"
A J Roussel, G W Brumbaugh, R C Waldron and A N Baird Department of Large Animal Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University,

[Norfolk Born]

... ah yes, which of us can forget his great work: "Abomasal and duodenal motility in yearling cattle after administration of prokinetic drugs"
A J Roussel, G W Brumbaugh, R C Waldron and A N Baird Department of Large Animal Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University,

'Every day I learn something, Mr. Fawlty!' However, we're concerned with a smaller creature, are we not? At least, I hope that's the impression I've given....

[Norfolk Born]

... ah yes, which of us can forget his great work: "Abomasal and duodenal motility in yearling cattle after administration of prokinetic drugs"
A J Roussel, G W Brumbaugh, R C Waldron and A N Baird Department of Large Animal Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University,

'Every day I learn something, Mr. Fawlty!' However, Ronald Charles Waldron was inspired by a smaller creature.
EDIT: I'm not sure how that happened - but this and the previous message should bring you nearer to our linking word.

[doversoul1]

mercia
It was vinteuil who set A.

Caliban

and delighted that the artist formerly known as Lady-Dover-hyphen-Sole is among us

If by any chance you are referring to me, I am afraid I am a commoner and hopeless at art. Sorry to disappoint you. I usually lurk around in the Early Music pond.

Another mercia’s post

heavens to murgatroyd, is that some sort of prescription drug?
sorry you've had problems with my question. try typing Viotti gold medal winner in a search engine. it should bring up a Y

has disappeared. Is it just on my computer?

[Norfolk Born]

Re. #7200 (doversoul): it seems to have disappeared from mine, too, other than as a quote...very strange...

[vinteuil]

mercia

Another mercia’s post

has disappeared. Is it just on my computer?

Mercia does sometimes seem to go back and delete earlier posts. I think this should be discouraged - because it often makes subsequent posts which refer to the original, now-deleted, post baffling or meaningless.

If we want to amend an earlier post, I think we should go back and write EDIT followed by any desired changes - but leaving the original text untouched.

[amateur51]

... ah yes, which of us can forget his great work: "Abomasal and duodenal motility in yearling cattle after administration of prokinetic drugs"
A J Roussel, G W Brumbaugh, R C Waldron and A N Baird Department of Large Animal Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University,

Well I'm sure it is a fine work, vinteuil but does it have the same capacity to inspire and inform as Lord Emsworth's much-loved favourite "Whiffle on the Care of the Pig"?