Monday, April 11, 2005
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Tip of the Tongue, RESOLVED!
As I mentioned in a previous post I have been suffering a long-term tip-of-the-tongue state. And just like that, the name suddenly came to me while I was working on something entirely unrelated (PDF).

Without further ado, I can reveal that the artist's name is GEORGE FORMBY. It took me nearly three weeks to to come up with the name. I thought his names had two syllables each (wrong, right), that his first name is old-fashioned (right), his last name is very English (right), and his first name does end in the "long e" sound (right). Typical of TOT experiences, I experienced a lot of frustration as the TOT continued, and its resolution came out of nowhere, rather than a concerted effort to retrieve his name (including thinking of "old-fashioned English names" in the hope that it would jump out).

Although I don't have time to write more about Mr. Formby, more information can be found in a BBC obituary, a biography or of course the official page of the Formby Society.
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Monday, April 11, 2005 3:31:28 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #    Disclaimer  |  Comments [1]  |  Related posts:
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Wednesday, April 13, 2005 8:45:39 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
Phew! Because I've been meaning to come round for ages but all I have to talk about are the wonders of George Formby. Well, you can imagine the difficulties this has caused. Now regular conversartion can resume!
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