Alack Wordwind, I tried but everytime I say "Hawwah" an earworm reminds me of the Beethoven routine by John Belushi where his doting sisters would stand behind the deaf Beethoven and shout ...

PLEASE LUDWIG! YOU MUST EAT! YOU HAVE BEEN SITTING AT THE PIANO FOR TWO DAYS. IF YOU DON'T GET UP FROM THE PIANO AND EAT YOU WILL DIE! PLEASE, LUDWIG, PLEASE DON'T DIE!

A few moments pass and then Beethoven turns and looks up from the piano where he has been composing and smiles and says...Oh, hello, hawwahya?



Here though, is a neat Beethoven Christmas site that plays the most pleasant background music as you read about his life.

http://www.lvbeethoven.com/Bio/BiographyLudwig.html