Flanders and Swann - Ill Wind - Mozart Horn Concerto
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@bassoonn Consider for a moment the nationality of this pair. When they wrote the lyrics they certainly would have written in British English, rather than American English. If however this was a piece by two Americans, I would have no problem at all with your statement. The case is petty, and in truth completely irrelevant to the music, so I'd thankyou not to escalate this into another comment war, thereby spoiling the page for any subsequent viewers. :)
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Not to be too pedantic, but that 'sides of the Atlantic' stuff doesn't correlate to spellings. Canadians continue to spell things 'correctly', for example 'neighbour', 'colour', etc. We are neither American nor British. English is spelled differently in many places, but it is a pity to have these words in the American. It make no sense. Were they American, then American spelling. British, then British spelling.
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This pair were brilliant.
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I love this, it's so perfect! Now Mozart 4 will never be the same!
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Eloquent, witty, charming - musical perfection... bravo Flanders & Swann...
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Such jocosity, such virtuosity, this musical curiosity. Thanks for your generousness.
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As an American friend observed to me recently, "We stopped speaking and spelling English a couple of hundred years ago." There are distinct differences between English spoken either side of the Atlantic, and for that matter between different places in the UK and between England and other English speaking countries.
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I can sing along!
"neighbor" is US accepted spelling, as "neighbour" - in UK. Similar to "color" - "colour", "honor" - "honour". Check first before "correcting". Or post your own with whatever spelling you prefer.
bassoonn 1 year ago 8