tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594530012918925567.post4309209757846870144..comments2024-02-09T10:49:08.034+00:00Comments on WITTERINGS: A cricketers' guide to the Edinburgh Festivalfantasy bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13071236617768809320noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594530012918925567.post-349804897573016552011-08-16T18:30:40.715+01:002011-08-16T18:30:40.715+01:00Iain - indeed - being mistaken for a cricket bat i...Iain - indeed - being mistaken for a cricket bat in either Morningside or Kelvinside would not have done anything for his Water Music.fantasy bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13071236617768809320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594530012918925567.post-65902985314038578652011-08-16T09:51:02.451+01:002011-08-16T09:51:02.451+01:00As an interesting, if irrelevant, side issue the p...As an interesting, if irrelevant, side issue the possible confusion of Handel (originally Händel) only occurs because of a vowel shift in the English version of his name. The original pronunciation would only be mistaken for the non business end of a cricket bat by the denizens of Morningside or Kelvinside. Perhaps he changed his name to avoid association with snooty suburbs.Iainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14370180395320761629noreply@blogger.com