Klarinet Archive - Posting 000422.txt from 2004/05

From: ormondtoby@-----.net (Ormondtoby Montoya)
Subj: RE: [kl] Hesitating to draw a musical parallel
Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 12:51:19 -0400

I wrote:

> Perhaps the inclusion of "nice" [in "nice dark
> sound"] is significant because it conveys an
> element of relaxed and less strident behavior.
> That is, "bright" and "dark" are each used
> commonly by themselves, but you don't hear
> "nice bright" as often as you hear "nice dark".

Dan Leeson wrote:

> And it is just one short hop from this
> "perhaps" to the statement being put forward
> as a universal truth, obvious to all but the
> mentally impaired.

<chuckle> Just for the record, I will repeat "perhaps".

Nor is it obvious why "bright" and "dark" occur so often in conversation
despite their lack of precision. At some point, we must deal with the
fact that they *are* used frequently. There is (ooops, there may be) a
grain of truth lurking somewhere in their use.

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