dear Bill, dear listfriends, thank you very much for your abstract! Please don't doubt that my good humour is there, as always, and is also present in this case: if I were angry I would try my best to express it! mmhh, reading Henry James: in spanish yes, I did it many years ago. What (short) story would you advice to me? Saludos from Barcelona, Manolo
bill kilpatrick wrote: >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 > > > --
