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  • mercia
    Full Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 8920

    Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
    in the territory of Luscinia Megarhynchos.
    a nightingale

    Michael Finnissy has written a piano piece Nashville Nightingale - bit obscure
    oops - forgot the "not square" bit

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    • Anna

      Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
      Impeccable logic, Cali; but not the answer on the card. More in the territory of Luscinia Megarhynchos.
      Who wrote that? You know, about Berkeley Square?

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      • Nick Armstrong
        Host
        • Nov 2010
        • 26540

        Originally posted by Anna View Post
        Who wrote that? You know, about Berkeley Square?
        "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" is a romantic British popular song written in 1939 with lyrics by Eric Maschwitz and music by Manning Sherwin.

        "...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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        • ferneyhoughgeliebte
          Gone fishin'
          • Sep 2011
          • 30163

          Originally posted by Anna View Post
          Who wrote that? You know, about Berkeley Square?
          Oooh; you tease, Anna!
          [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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          • Nick Armstrong
            Host
            • Nov 2010
            • 26540

            Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
            Oooh; you tease, Anna!
            She really is! Sent me right down the wrong hole!

            Michael Berkeley - as in Square (or not)

            You're twisted, you lot!
            "...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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            • ferneyhoughgeliebte
              Gone fishin'
              • Sep 2011
              • 30163

              One Michael outstanding. You should get him by Thursday!

              Greetings!
              [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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              • Nick Armstrong
                Host
                • Nov 2010
                • 26540

                Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
                One Michael outstanding. You should get him by Thursday!

                Greetings!
                Wrestling with the no-surname thing. St Michael...? And what's all this Thursday / Greetings hinting about... !?!?
                "...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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                • cloughie
                  Full Member
                  • Dec 2011
                  • 22127

                  Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
                  One Michael outstanding. You should get him by Thursday!

                  Greetings!
                  Globetrotter - Michael Palin?

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                  • Nick Armstrong
                    Host
                    • Nov 2010
                    • 26540

                    Originally posted by cloughie View Post
                    Globetrotter - Michael Palin?
                    I was thinking that earlier - but he's got a surname!
                    "...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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                    • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                      Gone fishin'
                      • Sep 2011
                      • 30163

                      Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                      Wrestling with the no-surname thing. St Michael...? And what's all this Thursday / Greetings hinting about... !?!?
                      Just a bit of light relief!
                      [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                      • cloughie
                        Full Member
                        • Dec 2011
                        • 22127

                        Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                        I was thinking that earlier - but he's got a surname!
                        St Michael - Ascension Day!

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                        • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                          Gone fishin'
                          • Sep 2011
                          • 30163

                          Originally posted by cloughie View Post
                          Globetrotter - Michael Palin?
                          No. No surname involved.
                          [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                          • Nick Armstrong
                            Host
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 26540

                            Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
                            Just a bit of light relief!
                            Is it a fictional character? From a song or something?
                            "...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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                            • Anna

                              Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                              Wrestling with the no-surname thing. St Michael...? And what's all this Thursday / Greetings hinting about... !?!?
                              Oh, chillax and have a marmalade sandwich!
                              Edit: That was a red herring! Michael Bond, author of Paddington Bear, also wrote books about a mouse, called Here comes Thursday!

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                              • mercia
                                Full Member
                                • Nov 2010
                                • 8920

                                does Wotan have Michael/Wednesday connotations
                                he was a globetrotter

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