Hmmm. SS Pinafore... I'd need to dig into my Gilbert and Sullivan notes...
Immediate names that pop to mind:
W. S. Gilbert, A. Sullivan, D. Carte [Real people: Librettist, Composer, and Producer]
R. Rackstraw, J. Corcoran, D. Deadeye [Characters from HMS Pinafore
M. Stanley [Female Lead from Pirates of Penzance
W.A. Mozart, J.S. Bach, L. Beethoven, L. Bernstein, S. Sondheim, H. Ashman, A. Menken [Other composers of Vocal works]
J. Lennon, P. McCartney, R. Starkey, G. Harrison, G. Simmons, P. Criss, E. A. Presley, B. Holley, R. Valens, J. P. Richardson Jr. [Rock Stars, duh.
]
Launched November 30, 2009 [IIRC] Portsmouth, NH.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll
Immediate names that pop to mind:
W. S. Gilbert, A. Sullivan, D. Carte [Real people: Librettist, Composer, and Producer]
R. Rackstraw, J. Corcoran, D. Deadeye [Characters from HMS Pinafore
M. Stanley [Female Lead from Pirates of Penzance
W.A. Mozart, J.S. Bach, L. Beethoven, L. Bernstein, S. Sondheim, H. Ashman, A. Menken [Other composers of Vocal works]
J. Lennon, P. McCartney, R. Starkey, G. Harrison, G. Simmons, P. Criss, E. A. Presley, B. Holley, R. Valens, J. P. Richardson Jr. [Rock Stars, duh.
]Launched November 30, 2009 [IIRC] Portsmouth, NH.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll