Originally posted by Il Grande Inquisitor
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Hey good to see you in these obscure precincts, IGI! But not Lanchbery...! Wrong Pole and wrong Swiss I'm afraid!"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Originally posted by subcontrabass View Post
Correct!
Apologies for absence.
So....
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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The link I have is to a Flemish bacchanal, not to a French one.Originally posted by Caliban View Post
Correct!
Apologies for absence.
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No, the one involved has definitely Parisian origins.Originally posted by subcontrabass View Post
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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You tell 'im, Calibration!Originally posted by Caliban View Post
Why are you on here when you are also in Paris, Caliban?
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Je suis de retourOriginally posted by amateur51 View PostYou tell 'im, Calibration!
Why are you on here when you are also in Paris, Caliban?
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Has the 'L' word been mentioned so far, so as to give us Lesser Mortals at clue? There was a Tannhauser which had to be rewritten in a Saucy Way for Paris, wasn't there? Oh, I dunno, somehow this MB has a real End of Term feeling about it today!Originally posted by Caliban View Post
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No it hasn't yet. (Nothing Wagnerian about it, by the way)Originally posted by Anna View PostHas the 'L' word been mentioned so far, so as to give us Lesser Mortals at clue? There was a Tannhauser which had to be rewritten in a Saucy Way for Paris, wasn't there? Oh, I dunno, somehow this MB has a real End of Term feeling about it today!
The L word is the name of a place
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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A-ha!Originally posted by Caliban View PostNo it hasn't yet. (Nothing Wagnerian about it, by the way)
The L word is the name of a place
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio gogogoch?
[Note: in Welsh it starts with a 'Ll']
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I wish I could say you were right!!!Originally posted by amateur51 View Post
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio gogogoch?
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Well, yes, deliberately - as I was seeking to write the question in English... hence also not writing "archaique" (and maybe avoiding the Polish word for "nocturne").Originally posted by subcontrabass View Post
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Anyone want more clues? Or are you there, scb, with your probing questions?
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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You and your fancy furrin ways, I'm sure!
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