my dear friend - please excuse me. you have expressed yourself so well and so clearly in the past - i never suspected that anyone's use of english here would present problems.
simply put, i think the early music we enjoy today had a more varied audience centuries ago. i think part of that audience would have had opinions similar to my own regarding the formal vs. informal appreciation of it and would have let their feelings be known from time to time. these opinions are expressed in good humour - i hope they are received in same - and do nothing to diminish my respect for you all. try reading henry james - bill --- Manolo Laguillo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I really would like to have a deeper knowledge of > the english language > when one of your messages arrive, dear Bill, because > sometimes (for > instance in the thread 'vihuela black swan') I only > understand about 30% > of them: they are filled with difficult words, > slang, and so on, and for > me it's terribly difficult, so that, finally, I give > up. > > That does not happen to me with other messages > written by english, > american, australian, etc, people in this list, it > happens to me only > with your messages. > > So this is a message in which I beg for mercy and > pity, dear Bill: I do > really have interest in what you say. > > I am perfectly aware that what you say is deeply > connected with how you > say it, and that it is perhaps impossible to > simplify the how, but, > anyway, I wanted to express my frustration... > > Saludos from Barcelona, > Manolo Laguillo > > bill kilpatrick wrote: > > >i know you'll say it's none of my business - and > quite > >right too - but i can't help feeling just that > little > >bit anxious for the welfare of your poor little, > >etiolated vihuelas and baroque guitars and their > >future development as well rounded chordaphones in > an > >ever diversifying contemporary music scene. > > > >i mean ... it's a wuff' life. > > > >instead of being zipped-up in the cheap n' cheerful > >confines of a chinese-made, nylon "gig" bag and > >whisked round - simply as "one of the gang" - to a > >wide variety of light-hearted venues ... road > houses; > >smoke-filled taverns; rowdy bar-b-ques; raucous > clam > >bakes; hale n' hearty sing-a-longs, etc., etc. (as > >their progenitors were, lo' those many, many years > >ago) ... cedric - as i learn lord fauntleroy's > >american christian name to have been - is usually > >cosseted in a purpose built case, costing many > >hundreds of dollars and carried forth to an > >oak-paneled, university chamber, of an evening, to > >perform before a select circle of stern-faced > HIP-ese. > > > >.. pop open a brew! ... show him how to "walk the > >dog!" > > > >to this end, i've been thinking of a suitable > >composition for the boy, to increase the chances of > >his being accepted by all the other cheeky little > >chappies on the block ... > > > >how about "goodbye ruby tuesday" by the railing > >staines? > > > >.. a little bossa nova might not be a'miss, either. > > > >dreadfully concerned - bill > > > >http://earlymusiccharango.blogspot.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > >___________________________________________________________ > > >New Yahoo! Mail is the ultimate force in > competitive emailing. Find out more at the Yahoo! > Mail Championships. Plus: play games and win prizes. > > >http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=44106/*http://mail.yahoo.net/uk > > > > > > > > >To get on or off this list see list information at > >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > > > > > -- > http://earlymusiccharango.blogspot.com/ ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Mail is the world's favourite email. Don't settle for less, sign up for your free account today http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=44106/*http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/mail/winter07.html
