You said, "You had me until here -- words have to begin somewhere, so in some language, each word has been original at some point. :-)"
So I'm happy to amend my statement to "nearly" every word in every language comes from a prior language. The only exceptions are the relatively rare neologisms and the primordial, mythical First Language. On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 2:04 PM, dhbailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Call me dense (you won't be the first), but I don't understand your reply. > > David > > > > Robert Patterson wrote: >> >> If the weasel word "nearly" makes you happy, by all means include it. :-P >> >> On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 1:44 PM, dhbailey >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> Robert Patterson wrote: >>> [snip]> every language came into the language from some other language, >>> and >>>> >>>> musical terms in English are no exception. >>> >>> [snip] >>> >>> You had me until here -- words have to begin somewhere, so in some >>> language, >>> each word has been original at some point. :-) >>> >>> I agree with you concerning the Italian words having slipped over into >>> English, where words don't have gender. >>> >>> I also point out that in dealing with Italian words in older music such >>> as >>> by Bach and Mozart and Haydn and people of that vintage (and into the >>> Classical era and Romantic era as well), those composers spoke Italian >>> and >>> so their use of any musical terms from Italian is much more idiomatic and >>> not merely taken from a music dictionary, and so need to be considered >>> more >>> carefully than, for example, an American who only speaks English deciding >>> to >>> write Allegro at the start of a musical work. >>> >>> I wonder why violins and violas have different genders in Italian? >>> >>> -- >>> David H. Bailey >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Finale mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> > > > -- > David H. Bailey > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
