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From: Hatunen on 19 Oct 2007 11:34 On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 21:50:44 -0700, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <evgmsop(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > > >Hatunen wrote: >> On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:59:07 -0700, >> "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <evgmsop(a)earthlink.net> wrote: >> >> >>>You don't think performers think about such things? (We're >>>talking the pre-computerized late 1950's, 1960's, when info >>>on theater marquees was still hand-set, using a finite >>>number of letter sizes.) Quite a few "stage names" were >>>created with that precept in mind - i.e. "the bigger the >>>better" - not just opera singers'. >> >> >> One wonders why Arnold Dorsey chose the professional name >> "Englebert Humperdinck", especially since the name was already >> sort of famous. > >You answered your own question, I think! ;-) I don't think so. The name *wasn't* famous among those who buy pop music. -- ************* DAVE HATUNEN (hatunen(a)cox.net) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
From: Peer on 9 Nov 2007 16:02
On Tue, 02 Oct 2007 08:56:03 -0400, Cathy L <lederer123(a)optonline.net> wrote: .... >The people we met are Germany were not "unfriendly" to us in any way. >We just get a kick out of when my husband would smile and say good >morning to someone we encountered while walking down a street, they >were rarely respond in any way. Not like in Ireland, where you would >get a large friendly response. Next time, he should try, "Guten Morgen," or "Gr�� Gott." |