Alphabet associations - I

[Anna]

Agreed

Oh, Blimey, so long since I set one, it'll be dead simples and not too musical. All I can think of at the mo

What came before the Merchants'

Who liked being downtown

Who led to the birth of BeBop with an E

Obviously, I off to bed now, so I will see you in the morn. Slight edit of wording

[Nick Armstrong]

Oh, Blimey, so long since I set one, it'll be dead simples and not too musical. All I can think of at the mo

What became before the Merchants'

Who liked being downtown

Who led to the birthday of BeBop with an E

Obviously, I off to bed now, so I will see you in the morn. xxx

YAY! I see a C from Anna! Unfortunately I'm half asleep with work tomorrow... So will devote brain cells in the morning if mercia hasn't solved it before dawn!

[antongould]

where is the trusty mercia? Asleep in the subway?

[Anna]

where is the trusty mercia? Asleep in the subway?

He may well be anton, but you seem to be on the case!

[Nick Armstrong]

where is the trusty mercia? Asleep in the subway?

Still feasting, perhaps, getting it all in before Twelfth Night?

As for Anna's C, I think it may be CLARK

Petula Clarke had a hit with "Downtown"

Eddie Clarke was Charlie Parker's (among others') drummer and helped forge the bebop style.

I can't make anything of the Merchants. I can only think of Taylors.

EDIT: having seen Anna's post, I just realised anton was being all oblique...

[antongould]

if Clark it is, like you, my learned friend, I struggle on the Merchants

[Anna]

Caliban, you are correct and the answer is Clark. Now, the question is: Why did I set such a silly puzzle? The one that came before the Merchants refers to literature. Edit: I was thinking Kenny Clarke

[Nick Armstrong]

Edit: I was thinking Kenny Clarke

So was I !

(Morning moment )

Oh... well if there were another 'e' involved it could be Chaucer's 'Clerk's Tale' which came before the 'Merchant's Tale' did it? But then I am sure you were deliberate about your apostrophe in Merchants' so I guess that is wrong.

Is 'silly puzzle' a clue?

[Anna]

Oh... well if there were another 'e' involved it could be Chaucer's 'Clerk's Tale' which came before the 'Merchant's Tale' did it? But then I am sure you were deliberate about your apostrophe in Merchants' so I guess that is wrong.

<doh> emoticon. Oh, The Shame, Oh The Horror!! I got me apostrophe wrong <more shame and horror and I'll never live it down emoticon> It is indeed Chaucer!

[Nick Armstrong]

<doh> emoticon. Oh, The Shame, Oh The Horror!! I got me apostrophe wrong <more shame and horror and I'll never live it down emoticon> It is indeed Chaucer!

Fear not Anna me dear. It seems sticklers like vinteuil and mercia are not yet abroad to upbraid us!

My Eddie Clarke, your wayward apostrophe... we know what we mean!

Guess I need to get a D ready... I feel a bit reticent as anton plainly knew exactly what the answer was before me....

[antongould]

No I just had Little Pet and all that Jazz - Chaucer never crossed my mind.

A legal and no doubt regal D I think - excellent question from out West.......

[Nick Armstrong]

Love and beauty on a rock.... Which D connects them?

[vinteuil]

< I got me apostrophe wrong!

... well, I don't think there were apostrophes in Chaucer - 'cos it's "Heere bigynneth the Marchantes Tale", innit?

[Anna]

... well, I don't think there were apostrophes in Chaucer - 'cos it's "Heere bigynneth the Marchantes Tale", innit?

Very good vints! Caliban's D is puzzling, I suspect it's all Greek to me!

[Nick Armstrong]

... well, I don't think there were apostrophes in Chaucer - 'cos it's "Heere bigynneth the Marchantes Tale", innit?

If there was ever any doubt, there is none now. You ARE a scholar and a gent... putting us straight and saving Anna from shame and horror.

What a !!

Anna, re my D: wrong classical language...