Re: [OT] Re: RegEx & Concordances
Re: [OT] Re: RegEx & Concordances
- Subject: Re: [OT] Re: RegEx & Concordances
- From: Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 08:46:49 -0800
On 11/21/02 7:55 AM, "Philip Aker" <email@hidden> wrote:
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On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, Marc K. Myers wrote:
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> I always thought that a viola was a stringed instrument slightly larger
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> than a violin. (Or a little-known hypertext system.) What's that
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> instrument called in French?
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Perhaps "alto" or less commonly "viole".
Just "alto'.
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> I will be henceforth be extremely cautious when taking French women to
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> hear string quartets. "How did you like the viola?" could result in a
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> serious misunderstanding!
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Indeed! Also good to remember that most French women have been taught by
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nuns.
Your Canadian address betrays you there, even in jest. (I'm allowed to
speak, being originally from Montreal, where I can assure that you that a
very high proportion of women, and men for that matter, over about 40 who
play the viola really were taught it by nuns.)
--
Paul Berkowitz
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