Conrad Hoffsommer wrote: > Rick, Its Ric, Conrad... not Rick... :) whomever decided to add a "k" to an already kc'd "c" was bonkered. Totally uneccesarry and not nearly as classy looking. :) > > > >So... let me see if I understand this.... you are saying we are sort of like a > >bunch of bees that for some reason have this need to buzz a bowl at some > >applicatory speed to ...... presumably keep from bumping into each other ??... > > No, Herr Brekne, that describes Boolian motion, and the closest this could > be related musically is the pitch standard of an elementary school band. ER... ah... uh.. I think we agree ... but I am not sure. I think I will have to go back and forth on this one for a while. > >Grin... and this better ??? What does linquistics or linguistic history > >have to do with the absurdity of one pitch over any other? > > Just as much as epistomology, or as this thread seems headed, epidemiology. > Or is it just weltanschuung(sp?)? I was wondering if Egyptomology had anything to do with it... Maybe the ancients thought there was some such absurdity.... but maybe its a more religous thing as you suggest. > > From humour to confusion... :) > > Yup. > > Perhaps 440Hz is the MSRP (musically suggested reasonable pitch) [YMMV] Now THERE is a reasonable suggestion ! Me likes. > > Conrad Hoffsommer - mailto:hoffsoco@luther.edu > > College: The place where you have three options--to sleep, to study, or to > party - but only get to pick two per semester. -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html
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