So neither content-free nor context-free.... Now we see through a glass, (of Guinness) darkly...
John -----Original Message----- From: Matt Seattle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 07 October 2008 10:02 To: Robert Greef Cc: [email protected] Subject: [NSP] Re: More code? I'll spell it out A pint of Guinness (or similar stout) is the image, symbolising or alluding to ..... Ireland, and by extension, in the context, Irish music. Chris's post was an amusing (to me and presumably others) comment on the perceived dilution of the Northumbrian piping tradition. It contained references which would be picked up by many on this list, whether or not they agreed with the underlying opinions, but you can't please, or amuse, everybody. Cheers Matt On 10/7/08, Robert Greef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This posting makes my point more emphatically, because even with this > extra commentary the passage is still meaningless dribble. Say what > you mean! Or is this whole farrago totally content -free? > Cheers, > Robert > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Matt Seattle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 12:52 PM > Subject: [NSP] Re: Threat replies are in > > >> >> I suspect there has been some misunderstanding of Chris Ormston's >> post - >> >> "The new threat is from another species imported from Ireland and >> Scotland. This beast has a stout black body with a creamy white >> head, and has taken root in newcastlegateshead." >> A pint of Guinness (or similar stout) is the image, symbolising or >> alluding to ..... > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
