Thanks, Laura; I've uploaded Chapter Nine.
I didn't manage to get to Gough Square over the weekend; shopping on Saturday, and waiting for an Amazon delivery on Sunday. I hope to get there some time this week.
Peter
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- 6 minutes ago
- Forum: Going Solo
- Topic: [SOLO] Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese - Reid-ans
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- 52 minutes ago
- Forum: Need Help? Got Advice?
- Topic: Pronunciation help: all languages
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Re: Pronunciation help: all languages
Thank you very much, Sonia. It's a funny little book about a pub in London that has stood there since just after the Great Fire in 1667. I've not been into it, though I've occasionally been down the alley where its front door is. I'm definitely going to explore it now! I've uploaded my first attempt...
- Today, 12:09 pm
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Re: Pronunciation help: all languages
Yes, it's the Cheshire Cheese book; I think he starts all of his chapters with a quote. This one is at the start of the chapter about the great pudding served up in the pub.
Peter
Peter
- Today, 2:12 am
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Re: Pronunciation help: all languages
Thanks, Sonia; no, there's no hurry.
Peter
Peter
- Yesterday, 6:25 am
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Re: Pronunciation help: all languages
And, from the same book as my last query, could someone help me with this French quote, please? ... including the name of the author.
_La découverte d’un mets nouveau fait plus pour le bonheur du genre
humain que la découverte d’une étoile._—BRILLAT-SAVARIN.
Peter
_La découverte d’un mets nouveau fait plus pour le bonheur du genre
humain que la découverte d’une étoile._—BRILLAT-SAVARIN.
Peter
- Yesterday, 12:05 am
- Forum: Completed Projects
- Topic: [COMPLETE] Wonderful London - Anonymous-ans
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Re: [COMPLETE] Wonderful London - Anonymous-ans
Thanks, Anne; and that's a lovely cover.
Peter
Peter
- April 20th, 2024, 3:38 am
- Forum: Going Solo
- Topic: [SOLO] Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese - Reid-ans
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Re: [SOLO] Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese - Reid-ans
And here's chapter 8, Dr Johnson's Homes and Haunts, the shortest so far, at under three minutes. It mentions him living in Gough Square. Looking at the map, Gough Square, where Johnson spent part of his life, seems to be in an area that I've never wandered round. I'll have a look today or tomorrow....
- April 19th, 2024, 1:31 pm
- Forum: Going Solo
- Topic: [SOLO] Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese - Reid-ans
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Re: [SOLO] Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese - Reid-ans
Thanks, Laura. I hadn't realised we were both talking about the same anecdote! I've uploaded chapter 7 - Club Life at the 'Cheese' But I've no idea of what was meant by the line "If Fashion's forms its current freeze..." in "Envoi" at about 1430, so I may have the emphasis/intona...
- April 19th, 2024, 7:32 am
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Re: Pronunciation help: all languages
Thanks, Sonia; I've PM'd you my attempt.
Peter
Peter
- April 19th, 2024, 3:08 am
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German phrase
Could someone help me with the pronunciation of "Ein Guter Trunk Machtalte Jung", please?
Peter
Peter
- April 15th, 2024, 7:23 am
- Forum: Readers Wanted: Short Works (Poetry & Prose)
- Topic: [Fortnightly Poetry] The Eagle and the Flower by Charles Hamilton Musgrove - dl
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Re: [Fortnightly Poetry] The Eagle and the Flower by Charles Hamilton Musgrove - dl
Here you go. An odd last line .... it feels much less sensitive than the rest of the poem.
https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/eagleandtheflower_musgrove_py_128kb.mp3
(1.40)
Peter
https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/eagleandtheflower_musgrove_py_128kb.mp3
(1.40)
Peter
- April 11th, 2024, 10:23 pm
- Forum: Readers Wanted: Dramatic Works
- Topic: Play Suggestions
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Re: Play Suggestions
I'd like to suggest "The Watched Pot", a three act play by Saki. The only problem is the date of the copy on archive.org, but it looks okay to me. Wikipedia link for play: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Watched_Pot Text of play is in ... The Novels and Plays of Saki, Vol. 1 Source: http...
- April 10th, 2024, 8:18 am
- Forum: Going Solo
- Topic: [SOLO] Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese - Reid-ans
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Re: [SOLO] Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese - Reid-ans
Thanks for catching that, Laura. Chapter six has been edited and re-uploaded.
I think my favourite was the manageress's "Only two gentlemen making a few masonic signs under the table".
Peter
I think my favourite was the manageress's "Only two gentlemen making a few masonic signs under the table".
Peter
- April 10th, 2024, 3:33 am
- Forum: Going Solo
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Re: [SOLO] Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese - Reid-ans
Thanks, Laura; I've uploaded chapter six. The quotes aren't as funny in the cold light of day as they would be beside the Cheese fire!
Peter
Peter
- April 8th, 2024, 9:18 am
- Forum: Going Solo
- Topic: [SOLO] Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese - Reid-ans
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Re: [SOLO] Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese - Reid-ans
Laura; I've uploaded chapter five. The pudding's contents are uncomfortable these days. I had sort of assumed that it would be steak and kidney.
Peter
Peter