Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:58:22 -0500 From: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no> Cc: Redd Vinylene <reddvinylene@gmail.com>, Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Chat <freebsd-chat@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: I can't make world without the "games" group? Message-ID: <48B54F6E.10900@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <86vdxm7qsy.fsf@ds4.des.no> References: <f1019d520808010831s39c803fan9a35fcd17f010fc5@mail.gmail.com> <87abf487wg.fsf@kobe.laptop> <f1019d520808260201o27009529v43aa7ae8c35d7304@mail.gmail.com> <87abezx5yr.fsf@kobe.laptop> <f1019d520808260829h3a16825fx6eb6b2d713051aaf@mail.gmail.com> <48B4A959.7050700@daleco.biz> <86vdxm7qsy.fsf@ds4.des.no>
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Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: > Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> 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) :-) Kevin Kinsey -- ... A booming voice says, Wrong, cretin!, and you notice that you have turned into a pile of dust.
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