Alphabet associations - I

[Nick Armstrong]

John Addison "Carte Blanche" ballet?
Whoops! cross posted, should have waited for Caliban to finish it off!

No you're alright chuck... Happy to share

Unless Anna you have an X or a Y or a Z to hand, I'd better get my thinking cap on I guess...

[Anna]

Unless Anna you have an X or a Y or a Z to hand

Don't be daft! I never have anything prepared! Interesting though in that I didn't know more than one Somerset Maugham story had been turned into an opera, I only knew The Moon & Sixpence. Just proves once again how educational this thread is.

[Nick Armstrong]

Don't be daft! I never have anything prepared! Interesting though in that I didn't know more than one Somerset Maugham story had been turned into an opera, I only knew The Moon & Sixpence. Just proves once again how educational this thread is.

Righty-ho!

An X links (via its anglicised version) the following:

Operatic John
A 60s Broadway musical
A Poe short story

[amateur51]

Righty-ho!

An X links (via its anglicised version) the following:

Operatic John
A 60s Broadway musical
A Poe short story

Could you explain 'via its anglicised version' please Caliban

[Anna]

Could you explain 'via its anglicised version' please Caliban

I'm assuming as a standard X pronunciation rather than an Xerxes X?

[Nick Armstrong]

Could you explain 'via its anglicised version' please Caliban

The X word is a foreign place name. It was corrupted long long ago into an English word that doesn't begin with X.

Anna, what is the usual X pronounciation? Xerxes and xylophone have the same sort of X don't they...

To be honest, I'm not sure precisely how my X would be pronounced, not being fluent in the language of the country in which it is situated

[Norfolk Born]

I just saw this for the first time... Jeepers!! I hope it's all sorted itself out with not too much expense.

I hope the dramas of the Carla rape trial are taking your minds off it all... I was pleased that they gave Becky a happy ending in the Caribbean!!

February seems to have brought us calmer waters after a 'choppy' few days at the end of January. Non-spoiler Corrie news: the prosecuting attorney will be familiar to anyone who's watched 'A Touch Of Frost' at all regularly.

[Anna]

Anna, what is the usual X pronounciation? Xerxes and xylophone have the same sort of X don't they...

Oh, well I am away with the fairies again - I was thinking of a plain English X, like Poe's story X-ing a Paragraph And the 60s musical about Malcolm X

[amateur51]

The X word is a foreign place name. It was corrupted long long ago into an English word that doesn't begin with X.

Would that make it Chinese then?

[Nick Armstrong]

Would that make it Chinese then?

No

The 'operatic John' reference involves "30 giarre" (= 30 jugs) if that helps

Edit: there is a literary John, a precursor to the above, to whom the X and its English derivation are also equally relevant

[mercia]

30 jugs

The landlord brings Falstaff the bill: "Six chickens, 30 jugs of sherry, two pheasants and one anchovy".

[Nick Armstrong]

The landlord brings Falstaff the bill: "Six chickens, 30 jugs of sherry, two pheasants and one anchovy".

Pray continue, Mister Mercia.... thou are upon t'right track.

[mercia]

Pray continue

I think I might pass the ball to someone else now (not that I have any idea where to go next anyway )

[vinteuil]

I'm assuming that Calipee means the X as in in Jerez *- as in Poe's Cask of Amontillado...

* which Calipee still reads (and why not?) as xérès


In each case the X or J is pronounced sh - as in sherry...

... and ( ) -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherry!

Further info -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherry

et -

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xérès_(DO)

[Anna]

I'm assuming that Calipee means the X as in in Jerez *- as in Poe's Cask of Amontillado...
* which Calipee still reads (and why not?) as xérès
In each case the X or J is pronounced sh - as in sherry...
... and ( ) -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherry!

Oh, it's so easy ....... with hindsight ..... when someone posts the answer and you realise it was staring you in the face all along! I landed up in Giarre, Sicily! (via Henry IV Parts I & II)