Absent Friends & Missing Persons

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

And has anyone heard anything of/from Threni?

[doversoul1]

…and marthe, I trust you are well and busy. Pop in sometime and let us know how things are over there.

[Hornspieler]

Originally Posted by Hornspieler
Are we losing members?
The regular contributors are mostly still there and there is a fairly healthy report of new members, but is the actual membership decreasing?

No.

Good news, then.

[soileduk]

I remember the name - but is your abattoir different?

Many many welcomes back, StephenO.

[jean]

It's called paronomasia.

[vinteuil]

It's called paronomasia.

... not to be confused with your eggcorn

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

[mercia]

so why isn't it a malapropism ?

[Nick Armstrong]

... not to be confused with your eggcorn


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

That's spooky. A friend of mine, when travelling with others and slumbering in a train, was heard to repeat in his sleep the mysterious phrase:

"Hake of eggcock"

Quite freaked them at the time...

Upon waking, he could provide no explanation at all.

What is it with eggs...?

[vinteuil]

so why isn't it a malapropism ?

... 'cos our fernet-branca knew what he was doing.

A mal-à-propos-ism is unintentional...

[P. G. Tipps]

... 'cos our fernet-branca knew what he was doing.

A mal-à-propos-ism is unintentional...

Maybe it was ....

Personally I prefer 'dogberryism' ...

[StephenO]

I don’t expect you have acquired the taste for countertenor even after all this time?

Welcome back

Afraid not - still reaching for the earplugs every time Messrs Scholl and co appear on R3.

Thanks for all the warm welcomes back.

[Hornspieler]

You might have missed this HS

http://englishhaydn.com/_mgxroot/page_10767.html

Would be interesting to hear #4 live

Thanks for the Heads Up, GG.

Sorry to be so late replying.

Yes, the annual Bridgenorth Music Festival is well worth a visit.

Bridgenorth is a most interesting town and one can also enhance the visit by taking a train to/from Kidderminster on the Severn Valley Railway.



Cheers
HS

[cloughie]

Thanks for the Heads Up, GG.

Sorry to be so late replying.


Yes, the annual Bridgenorth Music Festival is well worth a visit.

Bridgenorth is a most interesting town and one can also enhance the visit by taking a train to/from Kidderminster on the Severn Valley Railway.



Cheers
HS

Or even Bridgnorth! Rail trip is good and if time permits a look around the engine sheds at Bridgnorth.

[Hornspieler]

Or even Bridgnorth! Rail trip is good and if time permits a look around the engine sheds at Bridgnorth.

Thanks for the correction, cloughie.

I may be a wizard in certain disciplines but spelling is not one of them.

HS

[Hornspieler]

Is there any news about Salymap?


... and what about her friend, Amateur51?

salymap (Pam Snell)

I have received an email from salymap's cousin, Jenny Hopper and here is an extract from her message:

Pam has gone downhill hugely since Christmas I am afraid. She had another fall at the end of February/beginning of March, and went back into QE Hospital for two or three weeks. She has now been transferred into a care home in Sidcup. She talks often of the people on the MB’s and has thoroughly enjoyed all the communication she has had with everyone. They have kept her going the last few years, and I know she would like me to send on her best wishes to you all. I will keep you updated as to her condition.

If you wish to send your best wishes, you may email them to me at hornspieler@virginmedia.com and I will forward your messages to Jenny.

Re: amateur51, I'm afraid that I have no information.

HS