Alphabet associations - I

[cloughie]

I think we are waiting for someone to tease out the details of the U question first.

Sorry, that's what happens entering halfway through. Anything to do with Urquhart?

[subcontrabass]

Sorry, that's what happens entering halfway through. Anything to do with Urquhart?

No. We have had two bits of the answer. They just need joining up.

[cloughie]

No. We have had two bits of the answer. They just need joining up.

I look forward to the Tombeau or even urn as lons it gets buried soon! (always did prefer Ravel to Couperin).

[mercia]

I think we've established the answer is uncle.
Denis was the uncle of Louis, a Francois, Charles and some others.
Couperin the Great, the other Francois, was a son of Charles, making I guess Louis and the first Francois among his uncles.
All rather complicated - a family dynasty, fathers, sons, uncles, cousins etc. etc.

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

If any of this is correct I would be more than happy for cloughie or anyone else to set the V question.

[subcontrabass]

I think we've established the answer is uncle.
Denis was the uncle of Louis, a Francois, Charles and some others.
Couperin the Great, the other Francois, was a son of Charles, making I guess Louis and the first Francois among his uncles.
All rather complicated - a family dynasty, fathers, sons, uncles, cousins etc. etc.

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

If any of this is correct I would be more than happy for cloughie or anyone else to set the V question.

Close. There is a younger Denis, brother of Louis and Francois and Charles. So Denis, Louis, and Francois are all uncles to Francois (Couperin le Grand), the son of Charles.

You were first with the Couperin family and vinteuil seems to have been first with uncle, so fight it out amongst yourselves for the privilege of setting a V.

[mercia]

V

an espouser of poetical destiny, Pang and Return of the Living Dead



I shall have to catch up with this in the early hours - offline now.

[Nick Armstrong]

V

an espouser of poetical destiny, Pang and Return of the Living Dead

Can't make head nor tail of this, mercs me mucker

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Can't make head nor tail of this, mercs me mucker

"Destiny" is, I think, a red herring to make us think of Verdi (The Force thereof.)

The composer of the Music for the film Return of the Living Dead is Matt Clifford, who also arranged the Music for Darcey Bussell and Katherine Jenkins' Viva la Diva.

But no joy from the Pang!

[rubbernecker]

"Destiny" is, I think, a red herring to make us think of Verdi (The Force thereof.)

The composer of the Music for the film Return of the Living Dead is Matt Clifford, who also arranged the Music for Darcey Bussell and Katherine Jenkins' Viva la Diva.

But no joy from the Pang!

It's Venturini , innit

[amateur51]

"Destiny" is, I think, a red herring to make us think of Verdi (The Force thereof.)

The composer of the Music for the film Return of the Living Dead is Matt Clifford, who also arranged the Music for Darcey Bussell and Katherine Jenkins' Viva la Diva.

But no joy from the Pang!

Max Clifford?!

Surely not

[rubbernecker]

Pang was the obvious clue leading one to Puccini's Turandot (Ping, Pang and Pong). The singer at the opera's 1926 premiere was one Emilio Venturini. The poet was Serge Venturini, a Frenchman, and there was an actor who was in Return of the Living Dead called Mark Venturini who died of Leukemia aged 35. All this was gleaned via Wikipedia, I confess, I had never heard of any of them.

[rubbernecker]

Max Clifford?!

Surely not

He wrote MATT, ammy. Get those eyes tested, or stop doing whatever it is that's making 'em go funny

A propos of which: Time for a W, methinks...

[amateur51]

He wrote MATT, ammy. Get those eyes tested, or stop doing whatever it is that's making 'em go funny

If only that were an option, rubbers

[Nick Armstrong]

Pang was the obvious clue

Well done! Looks like you've got yourself the W as mercs has b*ggered off till the early hours... I'd just crack on if I were you...

And your very kind gift happens to be playing as I write. Not going to say what it is as there are fertile AA pickings on it, for use when you are otherwise engaged. But very good it is Really rich, throaty instrument, isn't it

[rubbernecker]

Really rich, throaty instrument, isn't it

Deeply so. Is it a Ruckers, or perhaps a Blanchet? Old Kenyon was banging on about similar things in BAL this morning.

I'm warming up a W...