KWYADAWYADI

[Newton Hunt]

> I first heard it myself when I gazed upon
> a marvelous 4-part Chickering pinblock.

Just looking at one can give one a religious "experience".
-- 
		Newton Hunt
		Highland Park, NJ
		mailto:nhunt@jagat.com



Conrad Hoffsommer wrote:
> 
> Ron, Newton,
> At 08:29 01/11/2001 -0500, you wrote:
> >It is Arabic and it is pronounced:
> >kwy-ada-wy-adi and it means, "Your mother wears combat
> >boots."
> >--
> >                 Newton Hunt
> 
> > > > How do you pronounce:KWYADAWYADI
> > > Cautiously, very cautiously.
> > > Ron N
> 
> Actually, from my reading of the ancient texts, Ron is closer than he imagines.
> 
> The term should not be bandied about as nonchalantly as it has been.  Most
> of the references with this term have been in the context of incantations
> in a deeply religious ceremony, not unlike the predictions of an oracle.  A
> fuller meaning might be closer to, "a great truth is about to be revealed
> to you", or "the full meaning of 'can of worms' shall be revealed".
> 
> In this case (obligatory piano content),   I first heard it myself when I
> gazed upon a marvelous 4-part Chickering pinblock. (1889 vintage)
> 
> Conrad Hoffsommer - mailto:hoffsoco@luther.edu
> 
> Musica turbatos sensus animosque removet.
> Music puts aside troubled mind and spirit.