On 4-11-2009 6:32, Stephen wrote:
> andrel wrote:
>> On 3-11-2009 22:02, Stephen wrote:
>>> andrel wrote:
>>>> On 3-11-2009 19:56, Stephen wrote:
>>>>> Jim Henderson wrote:
>>>>>> On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:25:42 +0000, Stephen wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Jim Henderson wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It's kinda like the "6 degrees" game.  You could probably do the 
>>>>>>>> same
>>>>>>>> with music influences to JS Bach. :-)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Jim
>>>>>>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00nf3kr
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Pete Townshend talks about the influence on his songwriting of 
>>>>>>> composer
>>>>>>> Henry Purcell.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Unavailable after 13:30 GMT. :(
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That's a problem, then, just getting to this now. :-(
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jim
>>>>>
>>>>> Gone! And never called me mother!
>>>>>
>>>> How should I parse that?
>>>>
>>>> 1) never called me 'mother'!
>>>> 2) never called me. Mother!
>>>> 3) never called my mother!
>>>>
>>>> And what does it mean?
>>>
>>> The lady’s son died before he knew that she was his mother. 
>>> (Alcoholic poising IIRC) So number 1 is correct.
>>> It is from the play of “East Lynne” a sensation novel by Mrs Henry Wood.
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Lynne
>>
>> Today I had a recurring discussion about the use of English in 
>> science. Someone had submitted a manuscript for correction to a native 
>> speaker. A number of the suggested corrections were good English but 
>> incorrect scientific/international English. Which reminded me that 
>> sometimes at conferences I have trouble understanding some Brits that 
>> wrongly assume that English is the language of the conference and that 
>> therefore can use any expression that they know. This would be a 
>> typical example.
>>
> 
> You have mentioned this one or two times before ;)

I was afraid so. But if you knew that, why do you cite such obscure 
literature without a footnote in an international forum?

> Because you are from the Lowlands every English speaker expects you to 
> be fully fluent in several languages. (A complement BTW) But I’m sure 
> that we won’t go to war over it (again :-P)
> 
>> BTW how did Ellen become Henri?
> 
> When Miss Ellen Price married Mr. Henry Wood she became known as Mrs. 
> Henry Wood. This was the accepted practice in England in the early 19th 
> century (and even later).
It was just that I didn't see him mentioned in the wikipedia page, so 
how was I to know?

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