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Can I have a "P" please Bob - Scotland (2nd edition)

Re: Can I have a "P" please Bob - Scotland (2nd edition)

Postby HalfManHalfTitanium » Sun Apr 04, 2021 10:27 am

Sgurr wrote:Is it Willa Muir's translations, some of which Edwin Muir helped with? Amerika became America, Der Process became The Trial, Das Schloss became The Castle.

I should have cottoned on FAR EARLIER. they lived in our house for a while.


Now there's a claim to fame! How did that come about?

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Re: Can I have a "P" please Bob - Scotland (2nd edition)

Postby Sgurr » Sun Apr 04, 2021 10:43 am

HalfManHalfTitanium wrote:
Sgurr wrote:Is it Willa Muir's translations, some of which Edwin Muir helped with? Amerika became America, Der Process became The Trial, Das Schloss became The Castle.

I should have cottoned on FAR EARLIER. they lived in our house for a while.


Now there's a claim to fame! How did that come about?

Tim


We have a Victorian house in St. Andrews which was built (another claim to fame) by Thomas Rodger an early photographer who lived in the one next door. Later on in Edwardian times it was occupied by Katy Heddle, daughter of Heddle, Mineralogy of Scotland fame and possibly the first Munroist before Munro...he gave his list to Munro. In the 1950s it was rented by the Muirs who didn't like St. A's much and the sentiment was returned as they were FAR too left wing for the town. It was a student "bunkhouse" in the 60s as a Canadian professor of Philosophy came knocking on the door to show his family where he had lived.
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Re: Can I have a "P" please Bob - Scotland (2nd edition)

Postby Sgurr » Sun Apr 04, 2021 11:26 am

IS triumphed three times.
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Re: Can I have a "P" please Bob - Scotland (2nd edition)

Postby Sgurr » Mon Apr 05, 2021 9:06 am

Sgurr wrote:IS triumphed three times.


And nearly triumphed 7 times.
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Re: Can I have a "P" please Bob - Scotland (2nd edition)

Postby Glengavel » Mon Apr 05, 2021 10:54 am

Long-distance runner Ian Stewart? Won 3 gold medals at various events.
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Re: Can I have a "P" please Bob - Scotland (2nd edition)

Postby Sgurr » Mon Apr 05, 2021 11:24 am

Glengavel wrote:Long-distance runner Ian Stewart? Won 3 gold medals at various events.


Not him, but you are in the right (sort of) arena.
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Re: Can I have a "P" please Bob - Scotland (2nd edition)

Postby Sgurr » Tue Apr 06, 2021 10:18 am

It was done with the assistance of H
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Re: Can I have a "P" please Bob - Scotland (2nd edition)

Postby Glengavel » Tue Apr 06, 2021 1:27 pm

Sgurr wrote:It was done with the assistance of H


Equestrian Ian Stark? Although his medals and awards don't add up to 3 or 11, and he doesn't seem to have ridden a horse whose name begins with H (unless H is for horses).
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Re: Can I have a "P" please Bob - Scotland (2nd edition)

Postby Sgurr » Tue Apr 06, 2021 5:06 pm

He had 3 gold medals a;; in European Eventing Championships https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Stark and the rest add up to 11. H is horses.


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Re: Can I have a "P" please Bob - Scotland (2nd edition)

Postby Glengavel » Wed Apr 07, 2021 7:43 am

Let us raise our glasses to AM.
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Re: Can I have a "P" please Bob - Scotland (2nd edition)

Postby Sgurr » Wed Apr 07, 2021 10:17 am

Glengavel wrote:Let us raise our glasses to AM.



Is it American Moonshine or whisky?

Why is this quiz still on GMT? I'm sure I posted it well after breakfast?
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Re: Can I have a "P" please Bob - Scotland (2nd edition)

Postby Glengavel » Wed Apr 07, 2021 2:52 pm

No, it's not drink related.
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Re: Can I have a "P" please Bob - Scotland (2nd edition)

Postby rohan » Wed Apr 07, 2021 5:33 pm

Amy Macdonald won Specsavers Scottish Music awards, Women in Music asward 2020.
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Re: Can I have a "P" please Bob - Scotland (2nd edition)

Postby Glengavel » Wed Apr 07, 2021 7:24 pm

rohan wrote:Amy Macdonald won Specsavers Scottish Music awards, Women in Music asward 2020.


No. You're further away than Sgurr was.
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Re: Can I have a "P" please Bob - Scotland (2nd edition)

Postby Sgurr » Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:17 am

I don't know that they deserve a toast, but American Mink are now widespread in Scotland. (Only tried American again as I didn't see in what respect rohan was further away than me unless we are raising our glasses to a non human.....I can do loads of humans)
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