On 11 Jul 2011, at 13:05, Gibbons, John wrote: > Are there any essential stylistic features that this attempt at a description > misses?
Wiktionary helpfully gives: > From Dutch ranten, randen (“talk nonsense, rave”). Can anybody help to clarify the difference between a Rant and a Rave? Or at least, suggest how Rant entered the vocabulary of dance? Francis To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html