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Persimmon all three L On Sat, October 23, 2010 16:43, Patrick McManus wrote: > Jo thanks good to know some posh poets who know these things! > How do you pronounce Hamilton, Grumman and that Bircumshaw??? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of David Bircumshaw > Sent: 23 October 2010 13:20 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: William Cowper > > > Cooper. His distant descendant J.C.Powys was John Cooper. > > > On 23 October 2010 13:03, Patrick McManus > <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > > >> William Cowper ---please could some tell me is it pronounced Cow-per >> or > is >> it Cooper? Or both or other??? >> >> I realise that the Ozzies Canadians American s even Finns let alone >> Canadians will perhaps have their own >> >> >> And I expect the Rodent etc will give me a whole range depending on >> date district etc >> >> Cheers Patrick the speachless >> >> > > > > -- > (David Joseph) The Brothers Bircumshaw > "Every old house was scaffolding once/And workmen whistling" > Website and A Chide's Alphabet > http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk > The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw > twitter: http://twitter.com/bucketshave > blog: http://groggydays.blogspot.com/ > > -- http://www.cordite.org.au/poetry/creativecommons/poems-for-ivor-cutler-3 http://www.cordite.org.au/poetry/cc-the-remixes/the-man-who-finds-himself-amusing "This is not a time for foolery, or compliments. It may be that both of us are within a few minutes of death... And I, at any rate, don't propose to die with polite insincerities in my mouth. " C S Lewis - That Hideous Strength --- Lawrence Upton AHRC Creative Research Fellow Dept of Music Goldsmiths, University of London