NPR Swedish fauna

[Richard Brekne]

Actually,,, you'd be suprised how many listees understand enough of the Nordic
Language set to be able to get a laugh out of these things. In any case.. like
everything else on this list if you dont get it, understand it, or like it... s'no
big deal. There's plenty of stuff for all... grin.

Martin Dubow wrote:

> You know, Kristinn,
>
> There aren't too many of us who understand Swedish. So your
> jokes are falling on deaf ears. And considering our ears are
> supposed to be pretty good, that's saying something.
>
> Spare us.
>
> Martin Dubow
>
> Kristinn Leifsson wrote:
>
> > Well well, what did I tell you :)
> >
> > What animal in Sweden sees well?
> > Zebra sounds like Se bra which means See Well
> >
> > The next one should have been :What animal in Sweden walks badly?  But I
> > messed it up. Sorry.
> > Gorilla sounds like Går illa which means Walks badly.
> >
> > What animal in Sweden shuts the heck up?
> > Tiger sounds like Tee Ger, and in Swedish, tiger means "keeps quiet", well,
> > and the animal "tiger".
> >
> > I hope that clears it up.
> >
> > Now some Icelandic jokes:
> >
> > Why do the people of Hafnarfjörður always take their accounts down to the pond?
> > Answer : To have the ducks look at them!
> >
> > Once there was a man called Guðlaugur that really liked to swim.
> > Once he swam a very long distance and from then on he was called Sundlaugur!
> >
> > You don´t stand a chance.
> >
> > Kristinn
> >
> > At 18:34 4.10.2000 -0500, you wrote:
> > >Kristinn, What in the "world" are you talking about with animals seeing
> > >well, walking well, etc. Am I suffering from too long a day at the office?
> > >Or is this an inside Swedish language thing? (Maybe too many Seinfeld
> > >re-runs....) Thanks,
> > >
> > >Roy Ulrich
> > >Up in the trees in Northern Minnesota (ya sure you betcha) USA
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Kristinn Leifsson" <istuner@islandia.is>
> > >To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> > >Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 5:56 PM
> > >Subject: Re: Clean unisons
> > >
> > >
> > > > Ja så, Linda  "Light beam",
> > > >
> > > > What animal in Sweden sees well?
> > > > Zebra!
> > > >
> > > > Unisons should sound "in unison", that is totally clean.  I´m imagining
> > > > that you know that.
> > > >
> > > > What animal in Sweden walks well?
> > > > Gorilla!
> > > >
> > > > Of course if you´re dealing with false beats you might have to tune the
> > > > unisons a little off to clean them out.  I´m imagining you also know that
> > > > and since you tune aurally you don´t have to worry about following the
> > > > "wrong purity".
> > > >
> > > > What animal in Sweden shuts the heck up?
> > > > Tiger!
> > > >
> > > > These are nice complaints, I hope you get a lot of them, but not too
> > >many.:)
> > > > What was his explanation?  And how did you see his point? Some people can
> > > > be such knowses-it-all.  I´m one of them :)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Góða nótt,
> > > >
> > > > Kristinn Leifsson,
> > > > Reykjavík, Island
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > At 23:20 4.10.2000 +0200, you wrote:
> > > > >Hello Dear List,
> > > > >
> > > > >I had a fun complaint on a tuning today, that it was too clean.
> > > > >I discussed it with a person who is not a tuner but has been in the
> > > > >recording business for a very long time. So I tried to understand what he
> > > > >meant and it was the unisons. We also discussed temperament and strech.
> > >He
> > > > >had heard several of my tunings. It is in a recordingstudio and I tune
> > > > >there one or two times every week. So I wanted to take the critic
> > >seriousely.
> > > > >The instrument is a Bosendorfer grand, I don´t remember the model but it
> > > > >is 220 or 230 cm. Two years old, and in resonably good shape. ( lucky
> > > > >lucky me who tunes this instrument!!)
> > > > >After listening to the CD and the instrument I could see his point. But I
> > > > >did not agree that is was too clean, I just thought it sounded good.
> > > > >
> > > > >I have always followed the idea that I try to tune as "clean" as
> > >possible.
> > > > >To do the best I can with every note. To make it stand still.
> > > > >
> > > > >Can one tune to "clean"?
> > > > >This is my question:
> > > > >-Are there any techniques for tuning colourful unisons, or wide unisons??
> > > > >
> > > > >Should I just leave them a little moving??
> > > > >
> > > > >( Or not think about this at all, and just do my way..? )
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >curious,
> > > > >
> > > > >Linda Stråhle
> > > > >Malmo
> > > > >Sweden
> > > > >
> > > > >ps. I tune with fork.
> > > >

--
Richard Brekne
RPT, N.P.T.F.
Bergen, Norway