Klarinet Archive - Posting 000878.txt from 2003/04

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Gran Partita or Gran Partitta
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 00:43:34 -0400

At 11:27 AM 4/19/2003 -0700, Dan Leeson wrote:
>Tony Pay wrote:
>>So my question for Dan is: which pronunciation do you use?-)
>
>Tony, since the pronunciation of Gran Partitta has a sexual connotation,
>that's the one I would use!!
>
>Loved the pooey mosso story. It is not dissimilar to President Bush
>pronouncing the word: "nucular."

That is considered STANDARD pronunciation in Texas, which is not so much a
different state as a different WORLD from where the rest of us
live! :-) (Yes, I have been there several times and can personally vouch
for the difference!)

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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