My profile login | | Directory | Search | FAQs | Board home   Printer-friendly view   » Ship of Fools   »   » Oblivion   » Alternative Alphabets (Page 5) Email this page to a friend or enemy.   Pages in this thread: 1  2  3  4  5  6    Source: (consider it) Thread: Alternative Alphabets Sioni Sais Shipmate # 5713 Posted                        I is for Ilyushin, builders of transport aircraft in recent years. -------------------- "He isn't Doctor Who, he's The Doctor" (Paul Sinha, BBC) Posts: 24276 | From: Newport, Wales | Registered: Apr 2004  |  IP: Logged Boadicea Trott Shipmate # 9621 Posted                        I is for Industria Aeronautică Română, makers of the Vultur, Socat and lots of planes with numerical names. -------------------- X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett Posts: 563 | From: Roaming the World in my imagination..... | Registered: Jun 2005  |  IP: Logged Baptist Trainfan Shipmate # 15128 Posted                        J is for Junkers, builders of the Stuka dive-bomber,the versatile Ju88 fighter/bomber, and the splendid corrugated-iron Ju52 Trimotor. Posts: 9750 | From: The other side of the Severn | Registered: Sep 2009  |  IP: Logged Sioni Sais Shipmate # 5713 Posted                        K is for Kalinin another Russian plane builder. One wonders if designs like the K-7 bomber persuaded Stalin to arrest the head of the design bureau. -------------------- "He isn't Doctor Who, he's The Doctor" (Paul Sinha, BBC) Posts: 24276 | From: Newport, Wales | Registered: Apr 2004  |  IP: Logged Baptist Trainfan Shipmate # 15128 Posted                        L has to be for Lockheed - maker of the Constellation, surely the greatest piston-engine airliner of them all? Posts: 9750 | From: The other side of the Severn | Registered: Sep 2009  |  IP: Logged Autenrieth Road Shipmate # 10509 Posted                        M is for the Glenn L. Martin Company, maker of the B-26 Marauder, latterly Martin Marietta by merger and yet more latterly Lockheed Martin which may put us in an infinite loop back to L if we're not careful. -------------------- Truth Posts: 9559 | From: starlight | Registered: Oct 2005  |  IP: Logged Baptist Trainfan Shipmate # 15128 Posted                        (Quickly then ...) Northrop Aircraft - now merged with Grumman but we won't go there. Phew! Posts: 9750 | From: The other side of the Severn | Registered: Sep 2009  |  IP: Logged Jane R Shipmate # 331 Posted                        O is for OGMA , or Indústria Aeronáutica de Portugal. If you click on the link you will find out why the acronym begins with an O but the full company name doesn't... Posts: 3958 | From: Jorvik | Registered: May 2001  |  IP: Logged Baptist Trainfan Shipmate # 15128 Posted                        Pis for Piper Aircraft, light aircraft makers par excellence. We had a flying school across the road from our school, with Cherokees across our roof every few minutes. Posts: 9750 | From: The other side of the Severn | Registered: Sep 2009  |  IP: Logged roybart Shipmate # 17357 Posted                        Q There actually seems to have been a company called the QUICKIE AIRCRAFT CORP. , maker of kits for building your own light 1- and 2-seater plane. [ 26. June 2013, 00:17: Message edited by: roybart ] -------------------- "The consolations of the imaginary are not imaginary consolations." -- Roger Scruton Posts: 547 | From: here | Registered: Sep 2012  |  IP: Logged roybart Shipmate # 17357 Posted                        Q There actually seems to have been a company called the QUICKIE AIRCRAFT CORP. , maker of kits for building your own light 1- and 2-seater plane. -------------------- "The consolations of the imaginary are not imaginary consolations." -- Roger Scruton Posts: 547 | From: here | Registered: Sep 2012  |  IP: Logged Jane R Shipmate # 331 Posted                        R is for Rolls Royce, makers of aero engines including the famous Merlin (used in the Spitfire and various other WWII aircraft). Also for Charles Stewart Rolls, pioneer aviator. Posts: 3958 | From: Jorvik | Registered: May 2001  |  IP: Logged Sioni Sais Shipmate # 5713 Posted                        S for Supermarine, makers of the second most beautiful aircraft (see previous post). (FWIW the most beautiful is this, but YMMV) -------------------- "He isn't Doctor Who, he's The Doctor" (Paul Sinha, BBC) Posts: 24276 | From: Newport, Wales | Registered: Apr 2004  |  IP: Logged Baptist Trainfan Shipmate # 15128 Posted                        So where does that leave the good old Constellation? - which has a very similar kind of beauty, I grant you. T is for Tupolev, maker of the world's first successful jet airliner (after the Comet, before the Carvelle) and also, of course, of "Concordski". Posts: 9750 | From: The other side of the Severn | Registered: Sep 2009  |  IP: Logged Pearl B4 Swine Ship's Oyster-Shucker # 11451 Posted                        U is for the Good Ol' U.S.A., and the U-2 spy plane. The real builder was Lockheed-Martin Skunk Works. I know this is a cheat, but, hey, if you have a better "U", play it. -------------------- Oinkster "I do a good job and I know how to do this stuff" D. Trump (speaking of the POTUS job) Posts: 3622 | From: The Keystone State | Registered: May 2006  |  IP: Logged Sioni Sais Shipmate # 5713 Posted                        I reckon tht U is fine, as no one knew who or what the Skunk Works was until Gary Powers was shot down. V is for Vickers, who could also be considered the builders of the Spitfire as they owned Supermarine, but they produced generation after generation of bombers for the RAF and the Viscount turboprop airliner which even the Americans bought! -------------------- "He isn't Doctor Who, he's The Doctor" (Paul Sinha, BBC) Posts: 24276 | From: Newport, Wales | Registered: Apr 2004  |  IP: Logged Pearl B4 Swine Ship's Oyster-Shucker # 11451 Posted                        This one is expired! Sioni, how about starting a new topic - - unless anyone has a W,X,Y or Z. PB4S -------------------- Oinkster "I do a good job and I know how to do this stuff" D. Trump (speaking of the POTUS job) Posts: 3622 | From: The Keystone State | Registered: May 2006  |  IP: Logged Jane R Shipmate # 331 Posted                        W is for Westland Helicopters (anybody remember the big scandal in the 1980s?) X is for Xian Aircraft Company in China OK, somebody else can do Y and Z - and I must admit, I cheated and looked on Wikipedia for X. Posts: 3958 | From: Jorvik | Registered: May 2001  |  IP: Logged Sir Kevin Ship's Gaffer # 3492 Posted                           Y is for Yak, a small warplane made several decades ago. -------------------- If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction Dietrich Bonhoeffer Writing is currently my hobby, not yet my profession. Posts: 30517 | From: White Hart Lane | Registered: Oct 2002  |  IP: Logged Baptist Trainfan Shipmate # 15128 Posted                        Might we cheat a bit and have Z for the infamous Mitsubishi Zero fighter? Someone else start the next thread please ... Posts: 9750 | From: The other side of the Severn | Registered: Sep 2009  |  IP: Logged Jane R Shipmate # 331 Posted                        How about operas? A is for Aida - an opera I would love to perform in, but probably never will because our company could never afford the camels and elephants... Posts: 3958 | From: Jorvik | Registered: May 2001  |  IP: Logged Baptist Trainfan Shipmate # 15128 Posted                        The Barber of Seville (I presume definite articles don't count) - so are we in Spain, Italy or even France? Posts: 9750 | From: The other side of the Severn | Registered: Sep 2009  |  IP: Logged ArachnidinElmet Shipmate # 17346 Posted                        Cenerentola or Cinderella to her friends. -------------------- 'If a pleasant, straight-forward life is not possible then one must try to wriggle through by subtle manoeuvres' - Kafka Posts: 1887 | From: the rhubarb triangle | Registered: Sep 2012  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                        Dialogues des Carmelites by Poulenc - a cheerful tale of the martyrdom of nuns during the French revolution. -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? Posts: 48139 | From: 1st on the right, straight on 'til morning | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged Baptist Trainfan Shipmate # 15128 Posted                        Ernani - haven't a clue about it, but I know it exists. It's by that guy Joe Green again. [ 03. July 2013, 06:51: Message edited by: Baptist Trainfan ] Posts: 9750 | From: The other side of the Severn | Registered: Sep 2009  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                        For F we have to have Fidelio, Ludwig Van B's one and only - which I have neither heard nor seen. -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? Posts: 48139 | From: 1st on the right, straight on 'til morning | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged Jane R Shipmate # 331 Posted                        H is for Les Huguenots by Meyerbeer - not much chance of ever seeing this performed either... Posts: 3958 | From: Jorvik | Registered: May 2001  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                        Oh dear, we missed G so I give you Prokofiev's The Gambler. [ 03. July 2013, 11:05: Message edited by: Welease Woderwick ] -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? Posts: 48139 | From: 1st on the right, straight on 'til morning | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged Pearl B4 Swine Ship's Oyster-Shucker # 11451 Posted                        I is for Iphigénie en Tauride (Iphigenia in Tauris), an opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck n.b.: There is also Iphigenia in Brooklyn, by P.D.Q. Bach, which is a good deal more entertaining. -------------------- Oinkster "I do a good job and I know how to do this stuff" D. Trump (speaking of the POTUS job) Posts: 3622 | From: The Keystone State | Registered: May 2006  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                        ...and there was me thinking you'd pick Purcell's The Indian Queen For J I'll go for Dvorak's The Jacobin. -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? Posts: 48139 | From: 1st on the right, straight on 'til morning | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged Baptist Trainfan Shipmate # 15128 Posted                        Back to Central Europe for Janacek's Katya Kabanova. Posts: 9750 | From: The other side of the Severn | Registered: Sep 2009  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                        For L I think out of a multitude of choices I think we'll go for Lady Macbeth of Mtensk by Shostakovich. -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? Posts: 48139 | From: 1st on the right, straight on 'til morning | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged Baptist Trainfan Shipmate # 15128 Posted                        What about going for her Italian husband, Macbeth himself, to follow? Or will all this mention of Scottishness do something nasty to our computers? Posts: 9750 | From: The other side of the Severn | Registered: Sep 2009  |  IP: Logged Stetson Shipmate # 9597 Posted                       Nabucco, by Verdi. Title character better known as Nebuchadnezzar. [ 03. July 2013, 15:23: Message edited by: Stetson ] Posts: 6574 | From: back and forth between bible belts | Registered: Jun 2005  |  IP: Logged Gwai Shipmate # 11076 Posted                        For O, I suggest L'Orfeo -------------------- A master of men was the Goodly Fere, A mate of the wind and sea. If they think they ha’ slain our Goodly Fere They are fools eternally. Posts: 11914 | From: Chicago | Registered: Feb 2006  |  IP: Logged Autenrieth Road Shipmate # 10509 Posted                        For P: Parsifal, by Wagner. [ 03. July 2013, 16:15: Message edited by: Autenrieth Road ] -------------------- Truth Posts: 9559 | From: starlight | Registered: Oct 2005  |  IP: Logged ArachnidinElmet Shipmate # 17346 Posted                        Parsifal, seeker of the Holy Grail. -------------------- 'If a pleasant, straight-forward life is not possible then one must try to wriggle through by subtle manoeuvres' - Kafka Posts: 1887 | From: the rhubarb triangle | Registered: Sep 2012  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                        Q has to be The Queen of Spades by Tchaikowski. -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? Posts: 48139 | From: 1st on the right, straight on 'til morning | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged Pearl B4 Swine Ship's Oyster-Shucker # 11451 Posted                        R is for the gorgeous Der Rosencavalier -------------------- Oinkster "I do a good job and I know how to do this stuff" D. Trump (speaking of the POTUS job) Posts: 3622 | From: The Keystone State | Registered: May 2006  |  IP: Logged ArachnidinElmet Shipmate # 17346 Posted                        apologies for the upthread cross-post. Parsifal in stereo is more than enough for anyone. Next in the list, S for Samson and Delilah -------------------- 'If a pleasant, straight-forward life is not possible then one must try to wriggle through by subtle manoeuvres' - Kafka Posts: 1887 | From: the rhubarb triangle | Registered: Sep 2012  |  IP: Logged Baptist Trainfan Shipmate # 15128 Posted                        Tannhauser. Or (if you wish to stay awake) Turandot. Or, for meditating: Thais. PLEASE CAN WE HAVE SOME MOZART (can I reserve Z?) [ 03. July 2013, 21:06: Message edited by: Baptist Trainfan ] Posts: 9750 | From: The other side of the Severn | Registered: Sep 2009  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                        For U I think we are pretty much limited to either Hoffmann or Lortzing who both made versions of Undine. -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? Posts: 48139 | From: 1st on the right, straight on 'til morning | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged Pearl B4 Swine Ship's Oyster-Shucker # 11451 Posted                        (can I reserve Z?) Sure, TF,you can have it, although I can't imagine what you have in mind For V I submit Vanessa by Samuel Barber. [I did consider "Venus and Adonis" by John Blow, which I think ought to be revived] -------------------- Oinkster "I do a good job and I know how to do this stuff" D. Trump (speaking of the POTUS job) Posts: 3622 | From: The Keystone State | Registered: May 2006  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                        W just has to be Die Walkure which has the advantage of being a lot more fun than Siegfried! As Rossini is reputed to have said, Wagner has glorious moments and tedious half hours! -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? Posts: 48139 | From: 1st on the right, straight on 'til morning | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged ken Ship's Roundhead # 2460 Posted                       A gift! A veritable gift! It has to be Xerxes, by Handel. Also known as Serse in Eyetalian. Best known for Ombra ma fu AKA "Handel's Largo" which is a love song sung by a Persian emperor to to a tree. (And Walkure is not more fun than Siegfried!) -------------------- Ken L’amor che move il sole e l’altre stelle. Posts: 39579 | From: London | Registered: Mar 2002  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                        Only one candidate for Y that I can think of and that is Yolanta by Tchaikowski. That now leaves the field wide open for Baptist Trainfan... -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? Posts: 48139 | From: 1st on the right, straight on 'til morning | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged Baptist Trainfan Shipmate # 15128 Posted                        ... to jump in with Die Zauberflote by Mozart. Hurrah! I will forebear to ask us to start a list of Great Locomotive Designers - however what about Inventors and Scientists? Could prove a challenge (you have to say what they invented or discovered) ... Posts: 9750 | From: The other side of the Severn | Registered: Sep 2009  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                        I thought you'd choose the Mozart. For inventors, etc. I'll start with Sir Richard Arkwright, inventor of the spinning or water frame. -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? Posts: 48139 | From: 1st on the right, straight on 'til morning | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged Jane R Shipmate # 331 Posted                        B eh? It has to be Charles Babbage - inventor of the Difference Engine. Posts: 3958 | From: Jorvik | Registered: May 2001  |  IP: Logged ElaineC Shipmate # 12244 Posted                        C for Anders Celsius of temperature scale fame. -------------------- Music is the only language in which you cannot say a mean or sarcastic thing. John Erskine Posts: 464 | From: Orpington, Kent, UK | Registered: Jan 2007  |  IP: Logged Pages in this thread: 1  2  3  4  5  6    Printer-friendly view Go to: Select a board: Category: Ship's business -------------------- The Styx Category: Community discussion -------------------- Heaven Purgatory Hell All Saints Category: Special interest discussion -------------------- Ecclesiantics Kerygmania The Circus Dead Horses The Eighth Day Category: Ship's Locker -------------------- Glory Limbo Category: Things we did -------------------- Nativity Play Auctions The Laugh Judgment The Da Vinci Code Chapter & Worse Contact us | Ship of Fools | Privacy statement © Ship of Fools 2016 UBB.classicTM 6.5.0