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44086

Fictional people named in song lyrics by first and last name.

  1. Clifton Clowers, in “Wolverton Mountain” by Claude King
  2. Becky Til Hoppard, in “Becky Til Hoppard”, lyrics by Manly Wade Wellman, music by Joe Bethancourt
  3. Maxwell Edison, in “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” by the Beatles (Paul McCartney)
44087

Fictional people named in song lyrics by first and last name.

  1. Clifton Clowers, in “Wolverton Mountain” by Claude King
  2. Becky Til Hoppard, in “Becky Til Hoppard”, lyrics by Manly Wade Wellman, music by Joe Bethancourt
  3. Maxwell Edison, in “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” by the Beatles (Paul McCartney)
  4. Eleanor Rigby, in “Eleanor Rigby” by The Beatles (Paul McCartney)

Quick poll: should it be the Beatles, or The Beatles?

44088

“The Beatles” at the beginning of a sentence, “the Beatles” everywhere else.

Fictional people named in song lyrics by first and last name.

  1. Clifton Clowers, in “Wolverton Mountain” by Claude King
  2. Becky Til Hoppard, in “Becky Til Hoppard”, lyrics by Manly Wade Wellman, music by Joe Bethancourt
  3. Maxwell Edison, in “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” by the Beatles (Paul McCartney)
  4. Eleanor Rigby, in “Eleanor Rigby” by The Beatles (Paul McCartney)
  5. Jeremy Bender, in “Jeremy Bender” by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
44089

Fictional people named in song lyrics by first and last name.

  1. Clifton Clowers, in “Wolverton Mountain” by Claude King
  2. Becky Til Hoppard, in “Becky Til Hoppard”, lyrics by Manly Wade Wellman, music by Joe Bethancourt
  3. Maxwell Edison, in “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” by the Beatles (Paul McCartney)
  4. Eleanor Rigby, in “Eleanor Rigby” by The Beatles (Paul McCartney)
  5. Jeremy Bender, in “Jeremy Bender” by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
    6." The Official Historian On Shirley Jean Berrell" by The Statler Brothers
44090

Fictional people named in song lyrics by first and last name.

  1. Clifton Clowers, in “Wolverton Mountain” by Claude King
  2. Becky Til Hoppard, in “Becky Til Hoppard”, lyrics by Manly Wade Wellman, music by Joe Bethancourt
  3. Maxwell Edison, in “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” by the Beatles (Paul McCartney)
  4. Eleanor Rigby, in “Eleanor Rigby” by The Beatles (Paul McCartney)
  5. Jeremy Bender, in “Jeremy Bender” by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
    6." The Official Historian On Shirley Jean Berrell" by The Statler Brothers
  6. David Watts, in “David Watts” by The Kinks
44091

Why? Their name isn’t Beatles; it is actually The Beatles.

Never mind: new thread.

44092

Fictional people named in song lyrics by first and last name.

  1. Clifton Clowers, in “Wolverton Mountain” by Claude King
  2. Becky Til Hoppard, in “Becky Til Hoppard”, lyrics by Manly Wade Wellman, music by Joe Bethancourt
  3. Maxwell Edison, in “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” by the Beatles (Paul McCartney)
  4. Eleanor Rigby, in “Eleanor Rigby” by The Beatles (Paul McCartney)
  5. Jeremy Bender, in “Jeremy Bender” by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
    6." The Official Historian On Shirley Jean Berrell" by The Statler Brothers
  6. David Watts, in “David Watts” by The Kinks
  7. Horace Wimp, “The Diary of Horace Wimp,” by the Electric Light Orchestra
44093

Fictional people named in song lyrics by first and last name.

  1. Clifton Clowers, in “Wolverton Mountain” by Claude King
  2. Becky Til Hoppard, in “Becky Til Hoppard”, lyrics by Manly Wade Wellman, music by Joe Bethancourt
  3. Maxwell Edison, in “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” by the Beatles (Paul McCartney)
  4. Eleanor Rigby, in “Eleanor Rigby” by The Beatles (Paul McCartney)
  5. Jeremy Bender, in “Jeremy Bender” by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
    6." The Official Historian On Shirley Jean Berrell" by The Statler Brothers
  6. David Watts, in “David Watts” by The Kinks
  7. Horace Wimp, “The Diary of Horace Wimp,” by the Electric Light Orchestra
  8. “Ode to Billie Joe” (McAllister), by Bobby Gentry
44094

Fictional people named in song lyrics by first and last name.

  1. Clifton Clowers, in “Wolverton Mountain” by Claude King
  2. Becky Til Hoppard, in “Becky Til Hoppard”, lyrics by Manly Wade Wellman, music by Joe Bethancourt
  3. Maxwell Edison, in “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” by the Beatles (Paul McCartney)
  4. Eleanor Rigby, in “Eleanor Rigby” by The Beatles (Paul McCartney)
  5. Jeremy Bender, in “Jeremy Bender” by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
    6." The Official Historian On Shirley Jean Berrell" by The Statler Brothers
  6. David Watts, in “David Watts” by The Kinks
  7. Horace Wimp, “The Diary of Horace Wimp,” by the Electric Light Orchestra
  8. “Ode to Billie Joe” (McAllister), by Bobby Gentry
  9. “John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt”, traditional / author unknown
44095

Fictional people named in song lyrics by first and last name.

  1. Clifton Clowers, in “Wolverton Mountain” by Claude King
  2. Becky Til Hoppard, in “Becky Til Hoppard”, lyrics by Manly Wade Wellman, music by Joe Bethancourt
  3. Maxwell Edison, in “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” by the Beatles (Paul McCartney)
  4. Eleanor Rigby, in “Eleanor Rigby” by The Beatles (Paul McCartney)
  5. Jeremy Bender, in “Jeremy Bender” by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
    6." The Official Historian On Shirley Jean Berrell" by The Statler Brothers
  6. David Watts, in “David Watts” by The Kinks
  7. Horace Wimp, “The Diary of Horace Wimp,” by the Electric Light Orchestra
  8. “Ode to Billie Joe” (McAllister), by Bobby Gentry
  9. “John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt”, traditional / author unknown
  10. Ellery Sneed & Billingford Bluffer, in “The Perfectionist” by Saga
44096

Fictional people named in song lyrics by first and last name.

  1. Clifton Clowers, in “Wolverton Mountain” by Claude King
  2. Becky Til Hoppard, in “Becky Til Hoppard”, lyrics by Manly Wade Wellman, music by Joe Bethancourt
  3. Maxwell Edison, in “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” by the Beatles (Paul McCartney)
  4. Eleanor Rigby, in “Eleanor Rigby” by The Beatles (Paul McCartney)
  5. Jeremy Bender, in “Jeremy Bender” by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
    6." The Official Historian On Shirley Jean Berrell" by The Statler Brothers
  6. David Watts, in “David Watts” by The Kinks
  7. Horace Wimp, “The Diary of Horace Wimp,” by the Electric Light Orchestra
  8. “Ode to Billie Joe” (McAllister), by Bobby Gentry
  9. “John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt”, traditional / author unknown
  10. Ellery Sneed & Billingford Bluffer, in “The Perfectionist” by Saga
  11. Barney Google, in “Barney Google” by the Happiness Boys
44097

Fictional people named in song lyrics by first and last name.

  1. Clifton Clowers, in “Wolverton Mountain” by Claude King
  2. Becky Til Hoppard, in “Becky Til Hoppard”, lyrics by Manly Wade Wellman, music by Joe Bethancourt
  3. Maxwell Edison, in “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” by the Beatles (Paul McCartney)
  4. Eleanor Rigby, in “Eleanor Rigby” by The Beatles (Paul McCartney)
  5. Jeremy Bender, in “Jeremy Bender” by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
    6." The Official Historian On Shirley Jean Berrell" by The Statler Brothers
  6. David Watts, in “David Watts” by The Kinks
  7. Horace Wimp, “The Diary of Horace Wimp,” by the Electric Light Orchestra
  8. “Ode to Billie Joe” (McAllister), by Bobby Gentry
  9. “John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt”, traditional / author unknown
  10. Ellery Sneed & Billingford Bluffer, in “The Perfectionist” by Saga
  11. Barney Google, in “Barney Google” by the Happiness Boys
  12. Virgil Caine, “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” by The Band

Pass

44098

28 Days Later: colloquial expressions of time longer than a day but less than or equal to one month.

  1. Fortnight
44099

28 Days Later: colloquial expressions of time longer than a day but less than or equal to one month.

  1. Fortnight
  2. Sennight (“seven nights” or one week)
44100

28 Days Later: colloquial expressions of time longer than a day but less than or equal to one month.

  1. Fortnight
  2. Sennight (“seven nights” or one week)
  3. Three-Day Weekend
44101

28 Days Later: colloquial expressions of time longer than a day but less than or equal to one month.

  1. Fortnight
  2. Sennight (“seven nights” or one week)
  3. Three-Day Weekend
  4. A month of Sundays
44102

28 Days Later: colloquial expressions of time longer than a day but less than or equal to one month.

  1. Fortnight
  2. Sennight (“seven nights” or one week)
  3. Three-Day Weekend
  4. A month of Sundays
  5. Bank Holiday
44103

28 Days Later: colloquial expressions of time longer than a day but less than or equal to one month.

  1. Fortnight
  2. Sennight (“seven nights” or one week)
  3. Three-Day Weekend
  4. A month of Sundays
  5. Bank Holiday
  6. Triduum (yes, I’m Catholic- does it show?)
44104

28 Days Later: colloquial expressions of time longer than a day but less than or equal to one month.

  1. Fortnight
  2. Sennight (“seven nights” or one week)
  3. Three-Day Weekend
  4. A month of Sundays
  5. Bank Holiday
  6. Triduum (yes, I’m Catholic- does it show?)
  7. A Lunar month

I’ll admit it’s questionable whether you’d call that a colloquial expression.

44105

28 Days Later: colloquial expressions of time longer than a day but less than or equal to one month.

  1. Fortnight
  2. Sennight (“seven nights” or one week)
  3. Three-Day Weekend
  4. A month of Sundays
  5. Bank Holiday
  6. Triduum (yes, I’m Catholic- does it show?)
  7. A Lunar month
  8. long weekend