[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: some brassband questions from BELGIUM!
There seems to be a lot of healthy brass band activity in Europe. Are
these all "traditiona British" Brass Bands, or are there local variants in
instrumentation?
Slightly off topic:
Ruben Vanveggel asked
>- How do you pronounce 'Brighouse & Rastrick' : like 'Brickhouse' or
> more like 'Bright' and 'light' ? This is maybe a stupid question,
No, it's not a silly question. We in the former British colonies have
similar problems with English names. My friend Mr Cholmondely (pronounced
"Chumley") said Brighouse is probably pronounced "Bruce" or "Brouce".
There is a British cricket commentator who tells us about manches in
"So'wAfrica", wherever that is.
At a recent performance an announcer asked if Woodhouse (of "Rural Suite")
was Wood-house or Wode-house. I suggested "Woos" (oo as in foot) and he
accepted that without batting an eyelid.
And I live in Reading Rd, which I have to mispronounce as "Reading" because
there is no "Redding" in the tsreet directory...
I won't bother putting this through the spell checker.
Jack Alexander
Waverley Bondi Beach Band
Sydney Australia
Telephone: (61) (2) 9385 5290 Fax: (61) (2) 313 8604
E-mail: J.Alexander@xxxxxxxxxxx
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