Hmm. It's often the first generation or two that comes to American and/or is born here that acts as if "being American" means killing all old-country culture. Succeeding generations often then try to reclaim what was lost as part of their American freedom.
Aaron J. Rabushka [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.waymark.net/arabushk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dean M. Estabrook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <finale@shsu.edu> Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2007 7:14 PM Subject: Re: [Finale] berlioz notation programme > I would enjoy seeing a lot of Americans stop trying to be whatever > their ancestors were, and just be Americans ... else why be here? > [Simplistic, I know] > > Dean > > On May 27, 2007, at 2:03 PM, Richard Smith wrote: > > > Snip > > American culture is a combination of all of the people who have > > settled > > here for whatever reason and it's different from region to region. > > It is > > not absent. Some Americans should stop trying to be European and be > > themselves. > > > > Rant over. > > > > Richard Smith > > www.rgsmithmusic.com > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf > > Of John Howell > > Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2007 3:12 PM > > To: finale@shsu.edu > > Subject: Re: [Finale] berlioz notation programme > > > > At 8:02 AM -0400 5/27/07, dhbailey wrote: > >> > >> We have an American culture? (said with tongue in cheek) After > >> Johannes' post I was thinking "Gee, I wish we *had* a culture which > >> we could protect!" > > > > I think it was Gandhi who, when asked about Western Culture, > > commented that, "It would be a wonderful idea!" > > > >> > >> The American culture has never been monolithic and I don't see the > >> Spanish language threatening what has never existed. > >> > >> I do see it as threatening American citizens' ability to communicate > >> effectively with each other, and I fear that when a country's > >> citizens can no longer effectively communicate with each other, the > >> ability to function as a country is threatened. > > > > Case in point. I grew up 30 miles north of Seattle. If there was > > any defining ethnicity there it was scandinavian. Lutefisk and > > leftse were not consumed in quantity, but were sung about by such as > > Stan Boreson, and the nearby Smorgasbord was a real treat after > > church on Sunday. > > > > Last time I spent several weeks' time there, big changes. No sign of > > scandinavian culture, but entire shopping centers where all the > > signage was in Korean without translation. Now there have always > > been a good number of orientals in the Pacific Northwest (making it > > the only place my wife could buy shoes that fit!), but that kind of > > thing is self-ghettoization and really surprised me. We think of > > Roanoke as being quite multicultural, and have festivals to celebrate > > it, and our campus is extremely international in character, but not > > with businesses that don't welcome English-speakers. > > > > John > > > > > > -- > > John & Susie Howell > > Virginia Tech Department of Music > > Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S.A 24061-0240 > > Vox (540) 231-8411 Fax (540) 231-5034 > > (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > http://www.music.vt.edu/faculty/howell/howell.html > > _______________________________________________ > > Finale mailing list > > Finale@shsu.edu > > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.0/821 - Release Date: > > 5/27/2007 > > 3:05 PM > > > > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.0/821 - Release Date: > > 5/27/2007 > > 3:05 PM > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Finale mailing list > > Finale@shsu.edu > > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > Dean M. Estabrook > http://deanestabrook.googlepages.com/home > > >> Of all hoaxes, the one which is my most vexing bête noire on a > >> quotidian basis, is the cereal box top which informs simply, > >> "Lift Tab to Open." Then, "To Close, Insert Tab Here ." Yeah, > >> right! In attempting to accomplish the first direction, not only > >> the tab but also the slit intended to accept the aforementioned > >> protuberance have both been irreparably disfigured and rendered > >> dysfunctional. This debacle is then amplified by the misbehavior > >> of the recalcitrant inner bag, which can not be unsealed sans > >> mangling it, and hence, will not disperse its contents without > >> exiting the box itself. All I wanted was a bowl of cereal. > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
