[Desert Island]BWV v RVW

[ChamberNut]

Whichever floats your boat, Colin! Even score-wise I think I would find Bach intellectually more stimulating, now that I'd have all the time in the world to discover stuff like this and more!

Nav, do you associate certain composers with certain work occupations (besides music composers ).

[Opus106]

Nav, do you associate certain composers with certain work occupations (besides music composers ).

Huh? No, I don't.

[matti]

A question for Brits: Why is RVW's first name pronounced "Rafe"?

[Dundonnell]

A question for Brits: Why is RVW's first name pronounced "Rafe"?

It is entirely a matter of individual choice whether to pronounce the name as "ralph" with the stress on the 'l' or "rafe" with the 'l' silent.
So the great British actor Sir Ralph Richardson, the contemporary actor Ralph Fiennes and Ralph Vaughan Williams all pronounced their first name as 'Rafe'.

[Dr. Dread]

It is entirely a matter of individual choice whether to pronounce the name as "ralph" with the stress on the 'l' or "rafe" with the 'l' silent.
So the great British actor Sir Ralph Richardson, the contemporary actor Ralph Fiennes and Ralph Vaughan Williams all pronounced their first name as 'Rafe'.

My name is pronounced "Minn Dah-Vee". 

[karlhenning]

Is it a Welsh thing, particularly?

And a possible parrelel occurs to me this morning . . . the pronunciation of "half-penny" as hay-penny.

[Dr. Dread]

Is it a Welsh thing, particularly?

And a possible parrelel occurs to me this morning . . . the pronunciation of "half-penny" as hay-penny.

Those UK folks talk funny in general.

[karlhenning]

Those UK folks talk funny in general.

They do, wicked funny 

[matti]

As to the question which I did not answer: BWV, obviously, not a fair battle. Even given a chance to choose between a brand new BMW and the good old RVW, I'd pick... 

[Dundonnell]

They do, wicked funny 

I think that you mean "wickedly funnily" rather than "wicked funny" since-obviously- "funny" is an adjective"

[Opus106]

As to the question which I did not answer: BWV, obviously, not a fair battle.

Just a fun battle.

[karlhenning]

I think that you mean "wickedly funnily" rather than "wicked funny" since-obviously- "funny" is an adjective"

Wicked is a special colloquial adverb in Boston.

[karlhenning]

I wasn't going to vote, but Vaughan Williams is getting so beat up in the comments.

[Dundonnell]

"beat up" rather than "beaten up"

We may talk in a manner which you ex-colonials find quaintly amusing but at least most of us attempt to use the correct grammatical constructions

[Dr. Dread]

"beat up" rather than "beaten up"

We may talk in a manner which you ex-colonials find quaintly amusing but at least most of us attempt to use the correct grammatical constructions

Unlikely.

[karlhenning]

"beat up" rather than "beaten up"

We may talk in a manner which you ex-colonials find quaintly amusing but at least most of us attempt to use the correct grammatical constructions

FWIW, here in the former colonies, both beat and beaten are given in the dictionary for the 3rd form of the verb . . . agreed, though, that it has a coll. overtone.

[Opus106]

Topic for next poll

[Desert Island] Dude who talks American English v Fellow who talks British English

[karlhenning]

Oh, my use of dude is always borderline facetious.

[Haffner]

Wicked is a special colloquial adverb in Boston.

Not just Boston! I've lived all over New England (mostly Maine) most of my life, and I'm wicked bad when it comes to sayin' that!

[matti]

Topic for next poll

[Desert Island] Dude who talks American English v Fellow who talks British English

To each his/her own. I'd pick females, in general they have better oral skills.