From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 27 16:02:20 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB7DD1065680 for ; Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:02:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from illoai@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com (rv-out-0506.google.com [209.85.198.235]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A08BB8FC1D for ; Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:02:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from illoai@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id b25so4003305rvf.43 for ; Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:02:20 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=m+gn98fkElFjJNFqBNF48B3q2ir1bgBatO4ku8feOos=; b=TbIXFUmqNCISgw5SijBSrdeBwz/Kbk07J7TRshx0bVvC0JW22iGrrC9aoVuMDXyN8C 9mEaDfamwPXva3DeTwnO3R/Z/5XdZnWN1N3o6k/CQTefj+rgzYj98rwRoqGblIEupUv9 noMW3X3+XNa1LgHy5V0bSCXMV1+Kfr71Yb7QE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=GS0IgVgn6abpXc+pr9D8/xNw73fi1EYJTkEtd9PLnIrg7vjFjYrPxrvT0aX4sdllMW trlEt9ToHUvhAe/63nTpdCA3C4s3WxQJfS+9sVVc/MiFXrPUqr0rwLrG5E6cQfESJs4l a0l5/LoioO7aW7hnbsckTpxY9fMPog5tSRkzI= Received: by 10.141.34.12 with SMTP id m12mr67748rvj.26.1219851204076; Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:33:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.140.139.5 with HTTP; Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:33:24 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:33:24 -0500 From: "illoai@gmail.com" To: "Kevin Kinsey" In-Reply-To: <48B54F6E.10900@daleco.biz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <87abf487wg.fsf@kobe.laptop> <87abezx5yr.fsf@kobe.laptop> <48B4A959.7050700@daleco.biz> <86vdxm7qsy.fsf@ds4.des.no> <48B54F6E.10900@daleco.biz> Cc: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?= , Redd Vinylene , Giorgos Keramidas , FreeBSD Chat Subject: Re: I can't make world without the "games" group? X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:02:20 -0000 2008/8/27 Kevin Kinsey : > Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote: >> >> Kevin Kinsey writes: >>> >>> But FreeBSD might not be a car[1]. Maybe it's a piano. And a piano >>> that can play just as beautifully, in tune, and even loudly (and yes, >>> that was the pianoforte's strong point in 1709) as any modern piano, >> >> Quite the opposite, the pianoforte's forte was its ability to play >> piano. >> >> DES > > Well, I suppose that it could play any dynamics at all. Clavs > and harpsichords weren't so good at it, but, also, if you banged > them as hard as some of the Romantics did, you'd have knocked them > to bits. > > So, you're correct, in 1709, it was probably "piano" that was > noticeable, but by 1860, maybe the other way'round? At any rate, thanks > for an excellent contribution to the thread, and a wonderful example > of the complexities of the English language (gotta love reading that > one out "forte" seven times quickly) :-) > I like the (unintentional, perhaps) pun with "strong point". http://www.wordreference.com/iten/forte http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=3Dforte --=20 --