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Thread #18962   Message #1176381
Posted By: John MacKenzie
02-May-04 - 01:20 PM
Thread Name: Tune Req: Wilson Keppel & Betty Sand dance
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Wilson Keppel & Betty Sand dance
Kettelby the composer was nowhere as exotic as his name as usually pronounced would suggest. Apparently he was called Kettleby, a good northern name, but he thought it common, so changed the spelling slightly, and therefore the pronounciation. So Hyacinth Bucket wasn't the first. Who was it used to say Mr and Mrs Siddibotoom, when he meant Sidebottom?
John