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Author: Malcolm Martland
Date: 2005-10-11 13:36
I misread the topic "Spouses who play the clarinet".
Scouses (or Scousers) who play the clarinet (much more fun)!!!
Professionals:
Janet Hilton
John Cushing
the late Tommy Gilbert
and many more.
Amatuers
Me
and who else???
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2005-10-11 14:44
Now name some Geordies.
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Author: Don Poulsen
Date: 2005-10-11 15:23
Most of us on the colonial side of the pond aren't aware that scousers are Liverpudlians (residents of Liverpool) and scouse is their dialect. I wasn't until I looked it up.
By the way, this past Sunday was a famous moptop scouser musician/composer's 65th birthday.
Now I need to go find out what a Geordie is.
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2005-10-11 16:28
When you do, your next challenge is to find out what a Mackem is.
"By the way, this past Sunday was a famous moptop scouser musician/composer's 65th birthday."
Not so much as was, but would have been.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
Independent Woodwind Repairer
Single and Double Reed Specialist
Oboes, Clarinets and Saxes
NOT A MEMBER OF N.A.M.I.R.
The opinions I express are my own.
Post Edited (2005-10-11 21:24)
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Author: larryb
Date: 2005-10-11 21:01
Then there are souses who play the clarinet - I think Pee Wee Russell was one of those.
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Author: Synonymous Botch
Date: 2005-10-11 21:05
Mack'em and Tak'em from the quay...
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Author: Bartleby
Date: 2005-10-12 09:03
It wasn't Samuel Johnson or even Emma Johnson; it was Oscar Wilde.
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Author: Ralph G
Date: 2005-10-13 00:08
What has this Bboard come to?
Lord have Mersey...
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Artistic talent is a gift from God and whoever discovers it in himself has a certain obligation: to know that he cannot waste this talent, but must develop it.
- Pope John Paul II
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Author: Mike Clarinet
Date: 2005-10-13 15:37
Having married a lass from the North East, I know what Mackems and Geordies are. The difference is whether you wear a red and white or black and white scarf. Geordie clarinet players: Jack Brymer was from South Shields. I don't think it is official Geordie, but close...
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2005-10-13 17:09
My first woodwind teacher in the UK was a Geordie, and an excellent musician at that. I think he was chuffed when I switched from bassoon to alto sax when I was 12 - he pretty much hogged my alto throughout lessons as he liked playing it too much, even though it was a crap B&S Weltklang type-thing. Shame he wasn't around when I eventually got my matching set of Yamaha 62s together.
Not a clarinettist this time, but John Harle hails from Geordieland.
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Author: diz
Date: 2005-10-14 04:15
The majority of the population wouldn't know the terms Scouse or Geordie because they're just plain ignorant ... simple ... nothing to be upset over.
Without music, the world would be grey, very grey.
Post Edited (2005-10-14 04:16)
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Author: rogerb40uk
Date: 2005-10-14 08:13
More accurately, 'Scouse' is the dialect spoken by Scousers and also the meat and vegetable stew which was, and still is, eaten by them
(An alternative, rarely used, synonym is 'Lobscouse')
Best regards
Roger
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Author: Brenda
Date: 2005-10-14 10:13
Hey, Diz, I take exception to that!! We're in Canada, but still not all of us know these terms and read along to see what the rest of the world thinks.
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Author: BobD
Date: 2005-10-14 11:20
.....seems to make a case for correcting some spelling errors
Bob Draznik
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Author: Mike Clarinet
Date: 2005-10-14 12:26
This makes a change from the American-centric posts :-).
To put the rest of the world out of its misery - Geordies are from Newcastle - on- Tyne in North East England. Mackems (sp?) are from Sunderland, about 30 miles south of Newcastle. There is a lot of rivalry between the cities, especially on the soccer pitch. My reference above to scarves is about the team colours - black & white for Newcastle and red and white for Sunderland. Idon't know the origin of either phrase.
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Author: Mike Clarinet
Date: 2005-10-14 12:28
PS check out 'geordie' and 'mackem' on urbandictionay.com
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Author: Brenda
Date: 2005-10-14 13:34
Neat dictionary! Not a Webster's, is it?
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2005-10-14 13:58
HAHAHA!
Is the word 'censorship' in Webster's? Probably not, as this is the worst example of censorship. Either that, or just a picture of Webster's dictionary next to that entry.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
Independent Woodwind Repairer
Single and Double Reed Specialist
Oboes, Clarinets and Saxes
NOT A MEMBER OF N.A.M.I.R.
The opinions I express are my own.
Post Edited (2005-10-14 13:59)
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Author: GBK
Date: 2005-10-14 14:37
[ We've strayed too far. This thread is closed - GBK ]
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