Multiple Topix - names, mostly

[flying_ford_anglia]

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From: flying_ford_anglia
Subject: Re: Multiple Topix - names, mostly
Reply To: [Yahoo! #5575] Multiple Topix - names, mostly
Date: 8/2/00 5:08 am  (ET)

<<I was trying to place the Patil twins, and it now occurs to me that
they may be of Indian/Pakistani parentage - could some of the UK list
members comment on that?>>

Again, I have posted something on this before, but in the last ice-age
:) Patel (similar to Patil) is a common surname in Britain, usually in
people of Pakistani origin.

<<Durmstrang. This seems to me to be a spoonerism -type pun on the
German musical
 style called "Sturm und Drang" - "Storm and stress".>>

You're right, but I think Sturm & Drang was a literary and artistic
movement, rather than a musical style. It was a reaction to the dour,
rigid styles that preceded it, and was an outlet for stormy, emotional
work.

Neil