Klarinet Archive - Posting 000449.txt from 1998/01

From: Neil Leupold <nleupold@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: GT G???
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 1998 14:27:42 -0500

On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, Lou and Ruth Polcari wrote:

> or are very interested avocets of clarinet playing or listening

I'm sorry, I couldn't stop chuckling at this. Mr. Polcari was
concluding his statement in description of the general membership
of Klarinet (above). If "avocet" has any etymological relationship
to "avocation", I've never known of it before now. And if it
doesn't, then we've all just been characterized as a bunch of
long-legged birds with up-curved beaks! If you play a Morgan
mouthpiece, I'm sure no blight upon your character was intended!

It's one of those "had to be there" jokes, I suppose. Words
can be funny things. :-)

Neil