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This Cultural Life Paul McCartney

30 Dec 21 - 04:43 PM (#4130481)
Subject: This Cultural Life Paul MacCartney
From: The Sandman

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0010wp3


30 Dec 21 - 06:27 PM (#4130488)
Subject: RE: This Cultural Life Paul MacCartney
From: Steve Shaw

It's McCartney, Dick.


30 Dec 21 - 07:58 PM (#4130496)
Subject: RE: This Cultural Life Paul MacCartney
From: Steve Shaw

And I've just listened to the whole thing. I found a number of his recollections to be somewhat unconvincing, even though I'm a bit of a fan (apart from that terrible Christmas song and that frog arsery ...)


31 Dec 21 - 02:57 AM (#4130518)
Subject: RE: This Cultural Life Paul MacCartney
From: The Sandman

If you are so concerned contact a moderator to correct the spelling


31 Dec 21 - 03:07 AM (#4130521)
Subject: RE: This Cultural Life Paul MacCartney
From: Mr Red

Moderation might not be his forté


31 Dec 21 - 04:09 AM (#4130533)
Subject: RE: This Cultural Life Paul MacCartney
From: The Sandman

Pedantry might not be his forté


31 Dec 21 - 04:30 AM (#4130538)
Subject: RE: This Cultural Life Paul MacCartney
From: GUEST,henryp

Words come cheap.

The Lyrics, now half-price at Waterstones on line.


31 Dec 21 - 06:13 AM (#4130549)
Subject: RE: This Cultural Life Paul MacCartney
From: Steve Shaw

It respects people to spell their names correctly. I had this out with Keith a few years back and it more or less cured him of his bad habit. It isn't hard to check. When a name you don't type very often confronts you, and you guess at the spelling, that's just lazy. We've all seen things such as Mcoll, McColl, MaColl, Maccoll and possibly worse. You listened to a BBC Sounds broadcast of a programme about Sir Paul McCartney, so presumably you had his name in front of you on the screen. No excuses then!

Incidentally, I respected the spirit of this thread by listening to the whole forty-odd minutes of the programme. Thus far, I'm the only person in the thread, apart from that brief allusion from henryp, to have commented on it!


31 Dec 21 - 07:41 AM (#4130563)
Subject: RE: This Cultural Life Paul MacCartney
From: Steve Shaw

Are you talking about Ewan, Sir Paul, Keith or Dick?!


31 Dec 21 - 12:24 PM (#4130600)
Subject: RE: This Cultural Life Paul MacCartney
From: The Sandman

I found it interesting


31 Dec 21 - 01:19 PM (#4130604)
Subject: RE: This Cultural Life Paul MacCartney
From: GUEST,henryp

McCartney interview review

Vanessa Thorpe reviews the programme in The Observer, Sun 10 Oct 2021