troglodytes and stalagmites

[ed440 at mindspring.com]

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-----Original Message-----
>From: Philippe Errembault <phil.errembault at skynet.be>
>Sent: Jun 14, 2006 6:25 AM
>To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
>Subject: Re: troglodytes and stalagmites
>
>That's funny, because in french, we have exactly the same mnémotechnic help,
>but on other letters :
>For us Stalagmites go up because of the M like in "Monter" (which means to
>go up) and stalagtites go down because of the T like in "Tomber" (which
>means fall down)
>
>So we have C for Ceiling, T for Tomber, G for ground and M for monter. Let's
>apply it to Troglodytes.
>In troglodytes, we have a G for ground and a D... which could stand for
>diving, so we could gess troglodytes are diving under the ground, which is
>what they do if they live in a cave...
>
>Ps : The same kind of pseudo reasoning was at the base of invention of
>aspirin and it worked, so let's assume I'm a genius ;-p
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "John M. Formsma" <john at formsmapiano.com>
>To: "'Pianotech List'" <pianotech at ptg.org>
>Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 3:36 AM
>Subject: RE: troglodytes
>
>
>> My grandfather had a saying, "When the mites go up, the tites go down."
>>
>> JF
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On
>Behalf
>> Of Conrad Hoffsommer
>> Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2006 8:28 PM
>> To: ed440 at mindspring.com; Pianotech List
>> Subject: RE: troglodytes
>>
>> At 19:51 6/11/2006, you wrote:
>> >Wait, I'm confused.
>> >Are the troglodytes the ones that stand up on the floor of the cave,
>> >or the ones that hang down from the ceiling?
>> >Ed S.
>>
>> easy way to remember, oh confused one...
>>
>> Stalagmite has a G in it does ground
>> Stalactite has a C in it as does ceiling.
>>
>> Both are found in cold dark places, as is my beer.
>>
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>>
>> Conrad Hoffsommer
>>
>> Early to rise: early to bed;
>> Makes a man healthy, and socially dead.
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