Franz gets cross
mainThe Cross of Merit of the State of Upper Austria, the region’s highest honour, has been awarded to the conductor Franz Welser-Möst to mark his 60th birthday.
The Cleveland Orchestra music director is a local lad, born in Linz.
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Bravo!
Brilliant pun.
Born in Linz, yes, as Franz Leopold Maria Möst. But his… uh, adoptive parents thought the name “Franz Möst” lacked dignity, so they added “Welser” after the city of Wells where he grew up.
It’s spelt Wels not Wells, he is not from Somerset Larry, oh arr!
I caught my error immediately after hitting the “submit comment” button and sent an e-mail asking Norman to please make the correction; I assume it slipped by him. As you might guess from my name, I am fond of adding extra Ls.
The crux is that he didn’t get crossed.
What award should Bojo get for his Operation Moonshot, aka Apollo 13? BMJ’s editorial says it all. The FUBAR cross third class!
https://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/370/bmj.m3699.full.pdf