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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello List and Jean-Jacques who =
said:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As a small time linguist in my spare =
time, I am
very excited about all this British versus US piano terminology stuff. =
If any of
you ever had a Haynes mechanic's manual in your hands, you know that =
every one
of them in its first pages has a table presenting several dozen =
different UK and
US terms such as spanners/wrenches, bonnets/hoods, boots/trunk, etc.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>May I venture to propose that we (those =
of you that
may be interested - I doubt I would have much to contribute) create such =
a list
for parts, tools, methods, and other piano related paraphernalia? =
Someone just
might write a Master's thesis on the subject. This is a legitimate =
persuit,
people.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I also invite the Overs and Stuart =
crowd to
contribute the cherry on the cake with a few choice Austraylian
terms.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Whaddya say ???"</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Well, I think there'd be a wlole lot of work there for someone - =
but for
what advantage - and to whom? The writer, I suppose - if they achieved a =
Doctorate based on a thesis thereby - asnd good luck to them. In the =
meantime I
find Arthur Reblitz a useful "dictionary". What d'you say?</DIV>
<DIV>Regards</DIV>
<DIV>Michael G (UK)</DIV>
<DIV>PS - An Aussie dictionary might be interestin' - it'd be rated in =
xxxxx's
with corks on. :-)</DIV>
<DIV>frightfully funny.... what?</DIV>
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