Klarinet Archive - Posting 000162.txt from 2005/11

From: "Joseph H. Fasel" <jhf@-----.gov>
Subj: Re: [kl] The Use of English
Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 16:42:36 -0500

Please, lighten up! It won't kill you to see _that_word_ in print every
now and again. It's use was not gratuitous, but quite deliberate and
appropriate. "make love to" would have had quite the wrong
connotation. "have their way with" would have been closer, but what a
silly euphemism!

As an American, I love the comment supposedly made by an Australian to
one of my countrymen during the Monica Lewinsky thing: something like,
"I'm glad we got the convicts and you lot got the Puritans."

On Wed, 2005-11-09 at 14:16, William Kelly wrote:
> And fortunately, I am not one of those people. Other than that, your
> comments do not dignify a response, thoughtless and asinine as they are.
>
>
> > Why Matthew, it's not "that word", it's "that word which must not be
> > named". Unfortunately there are those in this country who can't say
> > certain words, see naked bodies or practice the religion of their
> > choice. This is indeed the land of the free and the home of the
> > "depraved". Please stay as British as you are. I informed my family
> last
> > week that if my husband dies before I do, I am moving to Scotland to live
>
> > out my life. You may not have beautiful teeth in the U.K., but you do
> have
> > beautiful minds.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Nancy
> >
> > Nancy Buckman
> > Principal Clarinet / Orchestra AACC
> > eefer@-----.net

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