Re: Guardian 23000

Simon Montagu wrote:
> 
> P & J Biddlecombe wrote:
> 
> > More to the point, it's not usually pronounced "Op", but converted back
> > to "opus" in speech, in a similar way to "etc." or "Ltd.".
> >
> 
> OK, I know you said "usually" but I can't resist:
> 
>   "The music-hall singer attends a series
>    Of masses and fugues and "ops"
>    By Bach, interwoven
>    With Spohr and Beethoven,
>    At classical Monday Pops."
> 
>   W.S. Gilbert

Do we know what he meant by "ops" there? Presumably not "operas," since
he knew how many of those Bach wrote.
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Peter T. Daniels                       [EMAIL PROTECTED]