Dear All,
I promised to identify the twenty musicians in a couple of days or
so, so here they are:
Ten modern:
Elviss Preslijs
Elvis Presley
Dzimijs Hendrikss [little v over z]
Jimi Hendrix
Pols Makartnijs
Paul McCartney
Mailss Deiviss
Miles Davis
Dzeinisa Dzoplina [little v over z each time
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To: "Lute Net" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Stewart McCoy"
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Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 7:18 AM
Subject: Re: Titles (Was Re: Why was the K'berg MS stolen? (Was Re:
Koenigsberg Manuscript
> Stew,
>
> A quick review gives m
Stew,
A quick review gives me most of them, but of course you have set some easy
ones by using the full names. I'll look tomorrow night when sober and having
more time.
I have been busy tonight finishing the "lute", and that involves a bit of
indulgence in the sauce. So I'll just say grau mo 'chr
Stewart wrote:
>
>
> Modifying spellings to fit the sound is standard practice in
> Latvian. Your comment has prompted me to offer a little diversion
> for everyone, which I hope you will enjoy.
[BIG SNIP]
That was very cool. I got most of them. But I have one question. Just how do you spell
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: "Lute List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 6:25 AM
Subject: Re: Titles (Was Re: Why was the K'berg MS stolen? (Was Re:
Koenigsberg Manuscript
> As to the American spelling of Habsburg, we have the tendency to
modify
> foreign spellings to fit the perceived sound.
>
> Best, Jon
Gernot,
Rites are manners within a culture. And universal manners should involve
learning the rites of one's host and observing them (although I'm not sure
I'd go along with that if my host were a cannibal - there are limits).
My late father was a life long physicist at Bell Labs (and claims the
Sorry for being imprecise. This all applies to older persons. No, of
course not. But the elderly neighbours still would. And the butcher,
for example. Probably not in the big cities.
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> Would you? If you call her "Frau Doktor" most people would probably
> think you
> are left over from the 19t
Gernot Hilger wrote:
> Hi all,
> isn't it fascinating how people tend to develop rites and call'em
> manners. Her in Germany, you would still be called Frau Dr. if your
> husband was a doctor.
Would you? If you call her "Frau Doktor" most people would probably think you
are left over from the
Hi all,
isn't it fascinating how people tend to develop rites and call'em
manners. Her in Germany, you would still be called Frau Dr. if your
husband was a doctor. Men were important those days, sigh. My grandma
even signed her letters with Frau Ewald Arndt, which was the name of
her late husba
