A Question for Bobbe Seymour

Alan Brookes · Post by **Alan Brookes** » 1 Jun 2007 4:49 pm

This may seem a trivial question, but it comes up every time I see your name..........

Do you pronounce it BOB or BOBBY ?

Bill Dobkins · Post by **Bill Dobkins** » 1 Jun 2007 5:14 pm

Alan, My friend it could be Bobbe.....

Bo Borland · Post by **Bo Borland** » 1 Jun 2007 5:37 pm

I always call him Bobbe.. but others call him Bobbe'
I think he answers to either.. ask him what Sally called him!

Alan Brookes · Post by **Alan Brookes** » 1 Jun 2007 5:46 pm

Bill Dobkins wrote:Alan, My friend it could be Bobbe.....

BOBBER ?

BOBBA ?

Ken Lang · Post by **Ken Lang** » 1 Jun 2007 6:54 pm

Bobber? For Bobbie?

Is it he who the Hag referred to when he sang, "That bobber dancin.." in (The Way I Am).

Bobbe Seymour · Post by **Bobbe Seymour** » 1 Jun 2007 8:25 pm

I meant for it to be "BOB" but everyone says "BOBBY".

My name is actually "Robert Kenneth Seymour". The spelling "Bobbe" came in the first grade because of there being six "Roberts" in the class and the teacher had to have a way to tell us apart. (it wasn't long 'til she had other ways, she soon never mixed me up with the rest of them) Turned out she was my first wife,

David Doggett · Post by **David Doggett** » 1 Jun 2007 9:32 pm

Bobbe, you married your first grade teacher? How old were you in first grade? I don't think I could have handled marriage at that age. In fact I've had trouble with it at much later ages.

Chris LeDrew · Post by **Chris LeDrew** » 1 Jun 2007 10:10 pm

Bobbe, you are the Chuck Norris of steel guitar! I bet you married your first grade teacher while still married to your kindergarden teacher. And when you get to a gig, you don't have to set up your steel. You just open the case and stare at it until it gets so scared it sets itself up.

Reference "Chuck Norris Facts" on Google, just in case you think I've flown over the cuckoo's nest.

Tony Prior · Post by **Tony Prior** » 2 Jun 2007 2:35 am

I just thought you spelled your name wrong, I didn't want to be the first to tell you.

You got married when you were in the first grade ?

tp

Tony Davis · Post by **Tony Davis** » 2 Jun 2007 4:06 am

Dont matter to me...I just say G'day mate.....then he orders me out of his store,,,,,then we have a coffee or something and then he lets me have the run of his store...try out what I want.......no problem...thats How I like it!!!!!!.....you're a friend of mine.........just play what you want
Thanks Bobbe..see you Sept
Tony

Bobbe Seymour · Post by **Bobbe Seymour** » 2 Jun 2007 5:26 am

First grade? I was 37

David Wright · Post by **David Wright** » 2 Jun 2007 5:50 am

well, I was 27. but was in 3 th grade..... and quite soon after I turned 28 to marry my 3 th wife...

Ken Byng · Post by **Ken Byng** » 2 Jun 2007 7:14 am

Bobbe Kenne Seymour - has a nice ring to it.

Kenne Byng - Now is that Ken or Kenny?

Lee Baucum · Post by **Lee Baucum** » 2 Jun 2007 8:19 am

Call him anything you like, just don't call him late for dinner!

Jim Cohen · Post by **Jim Cohen** » 2 Jun 2007 9:17 am

it wasn't long 'til she had other ways, she soon never mixed me up with the rest of them) Turned out she was my first wife,

OK, so how many drinks do we hafta buy you to tell us the rest of that story??

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Alan Brookes · Post by **Alan Brookes** » 2 Jun 2007 11:13 am

It reminds me of the spelling phenomena that occurred during the middle ages. In those days there was far less standardisation on spelling than there is nowadays, and signwriters and masons were paid by the letter, so they made names as long as they could, and you ended up with such absurdities as..
OLDE WORLDE SHOPPE (16 letters)
instead of
OLD WORLD SHOP (12 letters, and so only 3/4 of the cost !)

But they didn't like the old letters "thorn" and "yod", since they could be replaced with two letters "th", or the letters Ææœœwhich they could separate into two letters and make more money. They killed off "thorn" to such an extent that people nowadays see the word "THE" spelt "УE" and confuse it with "YE".

I've even heard people say "Ye Oldy Shoppy", as though there were some pronunciation change.

Bobbe Seymour · Post by **Bobbe Seymour** » 2 Jun 2007 12:44 pm

This is more than I learned in the first grade!

Bill Dobkins · Post by **Bill Dobkins** » 2 Jun 2007 1:42 pm

Bobbe, How long were you in the 1st grade ?

Howard Tate · Post by **Howard Tate** » 2 Jun 2007 1:45 pm

"This is more than I learned in the first grade!"
If you married the teacher I doubt that's true.

KENNY KRUPNICK · Post by **KENNY KRUPNICK** » 5 Jun 2007 6:06 pm

Bobbe, my full name is "Kenneth Craig Krupnick"

Tommy Young · Post by **Tommy Young** » 6 Jun 2007 7:30 pm

Now this still has me fused

think you oughta stay with """BAD BOB SEEMORE"""

Henry Matthews · Post by **Henry Matthews** » 7 Jun 2007 5:37 am

The first grade was the happiest 3 years of my life.

Randal Smith · Post by **Randal Smith** » 7 Jun 2007 3:39 pm

You can call him Bob.
You can call him Bad Bob.
You can call him Bobbe.
But you doesn't have to call him Mr. Seymour.

(Just don't call him late for dinner.)