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Noah and the Whale - pedantic niggle

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JackieNo · 22/08/2008 11:45

I've been hearing their (quite cute) song on the radio, and being slightly niggled by their name. I kept thinking to myself that surely it ought to be 'Jonah and the Whale', so I had to look them up and found that, according to the ever-reliable () Wikipedia:

'Their name is a marriage of the title of one of the band's favorite films, "The Squid and the Whale," and the name of the director (Noah Baumbach).'

So that's OK. But I can't help still having a slight reaction when I hear the name. And that's leaving out completely the fact that they sound a bit like Loyd Grossman when they sing, which is a bit irritating in itself...

Anyway - whinge over.

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RoxyNotFoxy · 22/08/2008 13:28

Whew would live in a whale lawk this?

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PoorOldEnid · 22/08/2008 13:30

lol roxy

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JackieNo · 22/08/2008 17:05

rofl.

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