Klarinet Archive - Posting 000235.txt from 2005/11

From: "Dee Flint" <deeflint01@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] master class - AND the Use of English
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 20:07:14 -0500


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From: "John Dablin" <jdablin@-----.com>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 12:17 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] master class - AND the Use of English

> On Thursday 10 Nov 2005 05:09, Nicholas Yip wrote:
>> I will be holding a clarinet master class this sunday november 13th.
>> The cost is $15 per auditor. It will be in Berkeley,CA. Email if
>> interested. Great experience for all.
>>
> I was about to fire off a tetchy email to the effect that an auditor is
> someone who audits accounts, only to find that my dictionary defines it
> as "a hearer" first, so I suppose the above usage is correct. However,
> I've never heard the word used like this before, is it common in the
> USA?
>
> I hope the masterclass goes well, a bit too far for me to come,
> unfortunately.
>
> John Dablin
> Aylesbury UK
>

While I haven't heard "auditor" used in this sense, it is quite common to
"audit" a class here in the states. Essentially you take the class but do
not get a grade and do not get credit for it. You do, however, have to pay
for the class.

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