Alphabet associations - I

**Anna** · 31-08-12, 17:02

I'm afraid I can no further in finding a linking D to the above, let along a carefree girl and have to be offline shortly until the morning.

**Resurrection Man** · 31-08-12, 17:16

Well you are on the right lines thinking about a character...or rather their role in life.

**Resurrection Man** · 31-08-12, 21:29

The carefree girl is Madame Sans-Gêne.

**Nick Armstrong** · 31-08-12, 21:31

Originally posted by Resurrection Man View Post

The carefree girl is Madame Sans-Gêne.

Blimey, never heard of her!

I imagine her presence will have vinrouge riding by in his literary hacking jacket pretty shortly...

There seem to be operas about all three ladies - but all by different people, none of them a D...

Geneviève pops up in À la recherche du temps perdu, I see, so vinrouge may be positively cantering with excitement...

More research required...

**Resurrection Man** · 31-08-12, 22:12

Perhaps the ladies are the title of the operas?

**Nick Armstrong** · 31-08-12, 22:28

Originally posted by Resurrection Man View Post

Perhaps the ladies are the title of the operas?

Yes - that's what I found - Giordano wrote one, Edward German another, Offenbach another.

Stumped for the moment.

**Resurrection Man** · 31-08-12, 22:43

Originally posted by Resurrection Man View Post

Well you are on the right lines thinking about a character...or rather their role in life.

Real-life people as well.

I could equally have chosen around another 10 or so operas and the answer would still fit.

**mercia** · 01-09-12, 05:09

dame
distaff
damsel

a word beginning with D meaning the female of the species ?

**Resurrection Man** · 01-09-12, 06:17

Right idea but the wrong gender.

**mercia** · 01-09-12, 06:49

Brabant and Sans-Gene were married to dukes
one of Nell's sons by Charles II became a duke

**Resurrection Man** · 01-09-12, 07:12

Well done, mercs.

Interestingly all of these were real people.

**mercia** · 01-09-12, 07:24

I must admit only Nell and her citrus fruit were familiar to me

**mercia** · 01-09-12, 08:05

shall I continue ?

E

a reclusive portion
trips to the moon and the 15th century
Horowitz playing boogie-woogie

**Resurrection Man** · 01-09-12, 10:57

Originally posted by mercia View Post

shall I continue ?

E

a reclusive portion
trips to the moon and the 15th century
Horowitz playing boogie-woogie

Does this need jazzing up at all ?

Am I having a conversation with myself?

**mercia** · 01-09-12, 11:03

Originally posted by Resurrection Man View Post

Does this need jazzing up at all ?

Am I having a conversation with myself?

"possibly" would have to be the answer to both those questions

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