Klarinet Archive - Posting 000214.txt from 1996/12

From: Roger Shilcock
Subj: Re: Opus (fwd)
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 23:30:34 -0500

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Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 09:57:37 +0100
From: Joerg Peltzer <peltzer%ON-LUEBECK.DE@-----.UK>
Subject: Re: Opus

There is no Plural of Opus! Bullshit!
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Joerg Peltzer Tel. (0451) 70 20 830 - Luebeck, Germany
"Funk is, what you don't play" - Maceo Parker!

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> Von: David B. Niethamer <niethamer@-----.EDU>
> An: Multiple recipients of list KLARINET
<KLARINET@-----.DE>
> Betreff: Re: Opus
> Datum: Freitag, 6. Dezember 1996 15:59
>
> Jim Lytthans wrote (in part):
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> >By the way, the plural of Opus is Opera.
>
> except in the south, where it is Opie!
> (sorry, couldn't resist!)
>
> David (in Richmond VA)

Jim L. was presumably not being serious. In Latin the plural certainly is
"opera". In English, it's usually "Opus numbers".
Roger Shilcock

   
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