On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:41:13 -0500
"D. Michael McIntyre" <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Thursday 21 January 2010, Jim Cochrane wrote:
> 
> > > My dictionary says "standstill" ok?
> > 
> > That sounds passive to me - it seems to imply standing still.
> 
> True, true, but on the bright side this is all part of a long list of
> obscure percussion instruments we have included because they were
> kindly provided.
> 
> This list is impressively thorough, but a lot of them aren't terribly 
> realistic or useful.  It is unlikely that anyone will ever notice if
> the translation for "foot stamp" is bad, and it's not worth a lot of
> trouble to get it exactly right.

OK - now that I know the context, I'll let it slide :-)  As a side
benefit, it could give someone who sees it and figures out what's going
on, if not a LOL, a chuckle.  ;-)


Jim

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