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Happy New Year!
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Praefectus Praetorio
R.I.P. Brother of the Quill
The perfect way to do it, I'd say!
Praefectus Praetorio
R.I.P. Brother of the Quill
89 years ago today, History was made. Gaetano Alberto "Guy" Lombardo and his band the Royal Canadians first played Auld Lang Syne on the radio to ring in the new year.
(CNN)You see it every New Year's Eve when the clock strikes midnight: people faking their way through "Auld Lang Syne."
We don't blame them; no one really knows the words to the song -- even though we sing it all over the world when we ring in the New Year.
The British supermarket chain Sainsbury's conducted a study this year and found just 3% in the United Kingdom know the words (42% of millennials have no clue, it said).
"Auld Lang Syne," which means "times gone by," is a Scottish tune written by poet Robert Burns in 1788. But Scots didn't fare much better. Only 7% know all the lyrics, Sainbury's said.
Admittedly, it's a hard song. The full lyrics are below. At least get the first verse and chorus right, and belt it loud and proud!
(CNN)You see it every New Year's Eve when the clock strikes midnight: people faking their way through "Auld Lang Syne."
We don't blame them; no one really knows the words to the song -- even though we sing it all over the world when we ring in the New Year.
The British supermarket chain Sainsbury's conducted a study this year and found just 3% in the United Kingdom know the words (42% of millennials have no clue, it said).
"Auld Lang Syne," which means "times gone by," is a Scottish tune written by poet Robert Burns in 1788. But Scots didn't fare much better. Only 7% know all the lyrics, Sainbury's said.
Admittedly, it's a hard song. The full lyrics are below. At least get the first verse and chorus right, and belt it loud and proud!
Praefectus Praetorio
R.I.P. Brother of the Quill
I have seen that dancing at Scottish Festivals in the US, but the girls are all under CF's age and the skirts are far longer.Getting into Hogmanay mood -
skip to 2:00 for the dancing girls
Frank Petrexa
Tribune
Another view:
Frank Petrexa
Tribune
The drummer is having fun, but the key on the keyboard off to the left in the background must be a robot.Getting into Hogmanay mood -
skip to 2:00 for the dancing girls
He wrote (or rather re-wrote, it was already a popular ballad) the words, but actually to this tune:
The tune we now know was heard by Burns in 1794, he liked it better,
and soon after he died (1796), a new edition was published with that tune.
Myself, I like the older tune - it's quiet and charming -
but the later one is obviously more suited to Hogmanay mass singing!
Steel is subject to import tariffs.Awwwww ... and you did it using only three nails too
A happy 2019 to all CF members!
Praefectus Praetorio
R.I.P. Brother of the Quill
A New Years thought for those stuck in an unrewarding job.
I've always been a disappointment. When I was five, I looked down at the crayons I was coloring with and sighed—when I was two, this is not what I saw myself doing at five.
I've always been a disappointment. When I was five, I looked down at the crayons I was coloring with and sighed—when I was two, this is not what I saw myself doing at five.
Praefectus Praetorio
R.I.P. Brother of the Quill
We are approaching the New Year that counts,
New Year at Observatorium Anglicanum Hoc Grenovici prope Londinum.
The Prime Meridian of the World
I have straddled that line!
The timekeeping center
Am I being Britannic-Centric? So be it. We owe Charles II and the Royal Navy and John Flamsteed and John Harrison (Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by David Sobel)
For our modern timekeeping
New Year at Observatorium Anglicanum Hoc Grenovici prope Londinum.
The Prime Meridian of the World
I have straddled that line!The timekeeping center
Am I being Britannic-Centric? So be it. We owe Charles II and the Royal Navy and John Flamsteed and John Harrison (Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by David Sobel)
For our modern timekeeping
Praefectus Praetorio
R.I.P. Brother of the Quill
Where's your live feed from the middle of it, Eul?
You are right, they dress the same as summer!
Praefectus Praetorio
R.I.P. Brother of the Quill
I still prefer our summer clothes
Praefectus Praetorio
R.I.P. Brother of the Quill
Happy New Year, you sodding Brits!
And a happy New Year to you too, Senator P, you old bugger!
