Klarinet Archive - Posting 000058.txt from 1998/04

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: Late response to Re: Ralphing
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 03:04:04 -0500

In fact, Vaughan Williams was Welsh by descent - though he went to a Good
School.
Roger Shilcock

On Wed, 1 Apr 1998, Jacqueline Eastwood wrote:

> Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 14:45:58 -0700 (MST)
> From: Jacqueline Eastwood <eastwooj@-----.EDU>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.us
> To: klarinet@-----.us
> Subject: Late response to Re: Ralphing
>
> On Fri, 27 Mar 1998, Mark Charette wrote:
>
> > Shouryu Nohe wrote:
> > >
> > > On Fri, 27 Mar 1998, Mark Charette wrote:
> > >
> > > > Joshua M. Coleman wrote:
> > > > > On Fri, 27 Mar 1998 BKruse@-----.com wrote:
> > > > > > It can't be "RAY-fur" because then it would be spelt "Ralpher"
> > > > > Wouldn't that be pronounced (RAL-fuhr)?
> > > >
> > > > Not by Mr. Von Williams.
> > > >
> > > > Ding.
> > >
> > > I suspect that there's something to do with Ralph VAUGHN Williams here,
> > > but as a lowly college student, I'm very clueless.
> >
> > As I ding myself, knowing better than to write Von vs. Vaughn. Forgot my
> > vitamin E today, and now long term memory is suffering. Luckily my
> > college days are well in the past. ("Mr. Charette, are you sleeping in
> > class again? Perhaps when you're running that reactor you could grace us
> > with your baby blues?" - Adm. Rickover, gazing in my general
> > direction ...)
> >
> > > (Perhaps not as
> > > clueless as the HS students...or Josh...Lord knows NO one could be
> > > more...er, nevermind).
> > >
> > > Is his name not pronounced the traditional RalfVonWillyumz as it is
> > > deceptively spelled, or what?
> >
> > What. Pronounced Rayf .
> > --
> > Mark Charette | "This is a very democratic organization, so let's
> > charette@-----. All those who disagree with me, raise
> > MIKA Systems, Inc.| their hands." - Eugene Ormandy
> > Webmaster of http://www.sneezy.org/clarinet, The Clarinet Pages
> >
> I'm going to DING you all -- it's Ralph VAUGHAN Williams. That's right --
> V-A-U-G-H-A-N. I must stand up for my countryman! Rule Britannia, or
> whatever.
>
>
> Jacqueline Eastwood
> University of Arizona/Arizona Opera Orchestra
> eastwooj@-----.edu
>
>