pianotech-digest V2000 #1021

[Brian Lawson]

Yea, itt shews how unproffesional theese tooners arr, ass thae hav no spill
chicker

Brian Lawson, RPT
Johannesburg, South Africa



----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Nereson" <dnereson@dimensional.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2000 4:15 AM
Subject: Re: pianotech-digest V2000 #1021


> Didn't anybody go to school?  Plurals don't take apostrophes.  Dog, dogs,
> cat, cats, piano, pianos, not piano's.  'It's' means "it is".  "It's (it
is)
> a nice day";  but, "the piano and its soundboard" (not it's).  Wippen, not
> whippen.  Bridle straps, not bridal straps.  Bridal straps might be on the
> bride's bra, but not on a horse or in a piano action.  Bridle!  Rusty
things
> 'seize up', not 'cease up'.  'Cease' means to stop, desist.  Things that
> affect something cause an effect, not the other way around.  Whack at it,
or
> give something a whack, not 'wack', which is slang, and short for 'wacko',
> meaning crazy, mixed up, as in "wacked."  Using, not useing.  Those from
> non-English speaking countries (which the U.S. is rapidly becoming) are
> excused.  The foreigners do better with English than the Americans!
>     I thought the piano ads in the paper were bad ("antique roller
piano" --
> a player, I presume.  "mohag" -- they meant mahog(any).  "Baldwin
> Accusonic", "Aerosonic" (it flies), "Aquasonic" (plays under water);
> everything but Acrosonic.  And the perennial "upright grand" (oh, I
know --
> incomplete sentence).  Here's another:  "Upright piano.  May need tuning.
> $100 ."   What!?  A hundred big ones for a piano and I have to tune it
too?
> Outrageous!
>