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I’m certain the quote is Dickens – possible A Tale of Two Cites?
My favourite book but not correct.
You are on the right lines though.
Well done Corm,
The character referred to immediately prior was Mr Bumble but the book will suffice.
Over to you.
Lee
A loose connection here –
Rimsky-Korsakov – composer of the well known piece Flight Of The
Bumble
Bee – was one of a group of Russian composers who were collectively named ‘The Five’.
One of ‘The Five’ gave their name to one of the world’s most famous and long lasting string quartets.
Who he?
Just did a bit of reading up on the subject. Mikhail Glinka was a Russian composer as well, but you intellectuals knew that already.
Just did a bit of reading up on the subject. Mikhail Glinka was a Russian composer as well, but you intellectuals knew that already.
Of course we did.
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Drone – correct. Sorry about the delay, off at T In The Park where, talking of string quartets, I saw one do a delightful arrangement of Love Will Tear Us Apart.
Hope you enjoyed the day. Strings would suit that mournful dirge
Thought you may have decided to ‘get away from it all’ by heading to Muckle Flugga for a week. Rough at the edges if not torn apart eh?
What is the connection between:
The local anaesthetic 2-(diethylamino)-N-(2,6-dimethylphenyl)acetamide
and
The E Street Band
VG Wit
Nils Lofgren it is
Lidocaine is the anaesthetic and was discovered by a Swedish chemist, Prof Nils Lofgren (umlauted o) in the 40s
Nils Lofgren the guitarist is of Swedish descent but has lost his umlaut, poor chap
Thought the systematic name of Lidocaine may cause a little head-scratching…but no
ok, those on the western side of the former iron curtain can even google for this one:
It was spin-translated into English by Conservative Central Office and the UK media as "Iron Lady", and started its own impressive trajectory with connotations of Bismarck, etc.
However what was the real meaning / connotation of that epithet in the original Russian, immediately obvious also to Ukrainians, Poles, Slavs, etc ?
Not going for a torture device.
Was it the epithet of Catherine The Great?
Oh, no. That would be Great.
er, no – this is something you could say in front of the children.
in fact you’d probably say it in front of the children.
there’s also a connection with one of The Five in corm’s question the previous page, both directly and indirectly via an English rock band.
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