At 01:12 PM 1/26/2006, Rob MacKillop wrote: >Dear Paul, > >Your mention of 'hobo' is unintentionally amusing - you mean 'oboe'. Sor was >saying he could imitate the oboe by playing with what little nail he had, >near to the bridge. A 'hobo' is a drunk tramp who wanders the streets...not >quite what Sor had in mind! But maybe he could imitate that too!
On this side of the pond, "hobo" is usually associated with a drunk tramp who travels by hitching an illegal ride on the freight cars of trains. That's also amusing...but has precious little to do with Sor's guitar. Sorry...and carry on. Eugene To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
