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On 05-Nov-08 10:59, nemesis wrote:
> andrel <a_l### [at] hotmail com> wrote:
>> On 04-Nov-08 16:03, nemesis wrote:
>>> Stephen escreveu:
>>>> Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>>>>> Did you see the episode of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? where 3% of
>>>>> the audience thought that "Ludwig van Beethoven" was English? :-D (I
>>>>> have no idea what his nationallity actually was, but I'm fairly sure
>>>>> it's not a typical English name...)
>>>>>
>>>> German! O_O
>>>>
>>>> They (3%) must have been confusing him with Handel who lived in
>>>> England and
>>>> composed Messiah, Zadok the Priest and Music for the Royal Fireworks
>>>> there.
>>> "Ludwig" by itself should be enough. :)
>
> Why should it?
>
Because otherwise you can not use the sound of the name as an indication
to distinguish the two.
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andrel escreveu:
> On 05-Nov-08 10:59, nemesis wrote:
>> andrel <a_l### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
>>> On 04-Nov-08 16:03, nemesis wrote:
>>>> Stephen escreveu:
>>>>> Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>>>>>> Did you see the episode of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? where 3% of
>>>>>> the audience thought that "Ludwig van Beethoven" was English? :-D (I
>>>>>> have no idea what his nationallity actually was, but I'm fairly sure
>>>>>> it's not a typical English name...)
>>>>>>
>>>>> German! O_O
>>>>>
>>>>> They (3%) must have been confusing him with Handel who lived in
>>>>> England and
>>>>> composed Messiah, Zadok the Priest and Music for the Royal Fireworks
>>>>> there.
>>>> "Ludwig" by itself should be enough. :)
>>
>> Why should it?
>>
> Because otherwise you can not use the sound of the name as an indication
> to distinguish the two.
Ludwig and Friedrich are pretty good indications of german nationality.
But, no, I wasn't thinking about the spelling, only about the names
themselves.
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On 05-Nov-08 18:50, nemesis wrote:
> andrel escreveu:
>> On 05-Nov-08 10:59, nemesis wrote:
>>> andrel <a_l### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
>>>> On 04-Nov-08 16:03, nemesis wrote:
>>>>> Stephen escreveu:
>>>>>> Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>>>>>>> Did you see the episode of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? where
>>>>>>> 3% of
>>>>>>> the audience thought that "Ludwig van Beethoven" was English? :-D (I
>>>>>>> have no idea what his nationallity actually was, but I'm fairly sure
>>>>>>> it's not a typical English name...)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> German! O_O
>>>>>>
>>>>>> They (3%) must have been confusing him with Handel who lived in
>>>>>> England and
>>>>>> composed Messiah, Zadok the Priest and Music for the Royal Fireworks
>>>>>> there.
>>>>> "Ludwig" by itself should be enough. :)
>>>
>>> Why should it?
>>>
>> Because otherwise you can not use the sound of the name as an
>> indication to distinguish the two.
>
> Ludwig and Friedrich are pretty good indications of german nationality.
exactly. Somehow I think at least one of us is not getting what the
other means.
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andrel escreveu:
> On 05-Nov-08 18:50, nemesis wrote:
>> andrel escreveu:
>>> On 05-Nov-08 10:59, nemesis wrote:
>>>> andrel <a_l### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
>>>>> On 04-Nov-08 16:03, nemesis wrote:
>>>>>> Stephen escreveu:
>>>>>>> Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Did you see the episode of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? where
>>>>>>>> 3% of
>>>>>>>> the audience thought that "Ludwig van Beethoven" was English?
>>>>>>>> :-D (I
>>>>>>>> have no idea what his nationallity actually was, but I'm fairly
>>>>>>>> sure
>>>>>>>> it's not a typical English name...)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> German! O_O
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> They (3%) must have been confusing him with Handel who lived in
>>>>>>> England and
>>>>>>> composed Messiah, Zadok the Priest and Music for the Royal Fireworks
>>>>>>> there.
>>>>>> "Ludwig" by itself should be enough. :)
>>>>
>>>> Why should it?
>>>>
>>> Because otherwise you can not use the sound of the name as an
>>> indication to distinguish the two.
>>
>> Ludwig and Friedrich are pretty good indications of german nationality.
> exactly. Somehow I think at least one of us is not getting what the
> other means.
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nemesis <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
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He Wasn't?
Stephen
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Stephen wrote:
> nemesis <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
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>
> He Wasn't?
>
> Stephen
>
No, he was German by birth, but took English Nationality later on
John
--
"Eppur si muove" - Galileo Galilei
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Stephen escreveu:
> nemesis <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
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> He Wasn't?
Now I'm confused again! :P
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Stephen escreveu:
> nemesis <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
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>
> He Wasn't?
>
> Stephen
>
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Doctor John <joh### [at] homecom> wrote:
> Stephen wrote:
> > nemesis <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
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> >
> > He Wasn't?
> >
> > Stephen
> >
> No, he was German by birth, but took English Nationality later on
>
Is that why Percy Grainger wrote Handel in the Strand?
Him
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nemesis <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> Stephen escreveu:
> > nemesis <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> >
> >
> > He Wasn't?
>
> Now I'm confused again! :P
Remember remember the fifth of November
Gunpowder, treason and plot.
I see no reason why gunpowder, treason
Should ever be forgot...
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