Hi Paul, intrepid WAMUGers and cerebrities in 2006,
Of course people who don't buy CDs or are into less cerebral music
might not
appreciate when there are errors and ommisions. I do also
understand that
there are a great many people who see no reason to be meticulous about
anything. I guess that's modern times for you. We see it in many
other
areas about us.
Is the antithesis of 'cerebral' 'acerebral'? Perhaps so. This is
substantiated, to some extent, by Peter Bowler, in his delightful
book "A Superior Person's Little Book of Words", Hawthorn Press,
Australia, 1982 . in this he comments that a superior person's
discourse may be "larded with esoteric pejoratives, grandiloquisms,
and cacophemisms."
The book's blurb suggests that "those who lack this arcane lore need
no longer feel inferior. Help is now at hand with this fascinating
compilation of some five hundred little-known and impressive words,
complete with suggestions for using them in polite conversation to
confuse, astonish, secretly insult or simply stupefy your friends,
enemies and relatives."
Bowler's description of "acerabral" is "without a brain." "A word for
which there would at first sight appear to be no use, since no entity
to which there would be any point in applying the term could in fact
possess this attribute..." "However, recent researches into the
central nervous system of the wire-haired terrier have conclusively
demonstrated the need for such a word."
Interesting indeed.
Gracenote users beware.
Regards
Reg
