On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:35:10 +0100, d4g4hd@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_
chancellor (*)) wrote:
>Martin wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 07:59:33 +0100, d4g4hd@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_
>> chancellor (*)) wrote:
>>
>> >The Reid wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 19:51:03 +0100, d4g4hd@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne,
>> >> _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >> dunno, didnt you go to some unusual school in Finland or something or
>> >> >> other and composing isnt exactly "street"
>> >> >
>> >> >I went to the local primary school, took piano lessons with the local
>> >> >peripatetic teacher there, then auditioned for a specialist school where
>> >> >I got in, and spent high school there. It was in Edinburgh- I've never
>> >> >been to Finland.
>> >>
>> >> Edinburgh, that's it, near Finland. Youre half Norwegian though, was
>> >> that it?
>> >>
>> >> No, I don't know why being half Norwegian might be posh, er, mate.
>> >>
>> >> If you're not posh why aint you Dave or Davy? :-)
>> >>
>> >> I bet my council estate was rougher than your council estate :-)
>> >
>> >I bristle a bit at the equation of certain arts with 'poshness.' I just
>> >heard the most extraordinary display on R4's today programm
>>
>> I thought you were going to refer to "Middle class kids are all stupid the
>> parents say it is dyslexia, but they are just stupid."
>
>That one took my breath away too, but I couldn't tell if the
>non-Burchill person was actually being serious. It was almost funny-
>like the bit when she said to Humphreys "I think you'll find they are"
>when he questioned that it wasn't just 'middle class' kids that had
>eating disorders.
I switched on in the middle. I think she was serious.
--
Martin
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