On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 05:47:33PM +0100, Phil Taylor wrote: > I. Oppenheim wrote: > > >Here in continental Europe, we have Euros, kilometers, > >liters, celsius, and 1/128th notes, and we do not > >understand anything more exotic than that... > > Goodness, and they used to accuse us Brits of being > insular... > > Anyway it's litres, as I'm sure your francophone neighbours > would agree. > > Actually it's quite interesting that this group has always > used fractions to discuss note lengths, despite the fact > that at least half of the regular contributors are British. > Presumably that's because Chris Walshaw used this in > his original formulation of the abc standard.
Not to mention M: itself - Metre. No, that should be Meter, should it ? <*wail*> > There's also been a ding dong battle on this subject over > on uk.music.folk. A new newsgroup has been proposed, > uk.music.notation, and the argument is over whether > quarter notes and the like will be permitted. Personally, > I couldn't give a monkey's. And people are saying they wonder if there's enough to discuss ... <bwahaahaaa !> -- Richard Robinson "The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
