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@ And thus ended what might've been a glorious career.
about 3 hours ago
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in reply to ClassicalReview
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@ But were you expelled from pre-school?
about 4 hours ago
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in reply to ClassicalReview
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@ There's a gorgeous north & east-facing house diagonally opp Ashfield Park. I'd check it out myself but can't bear idea of moving.
about 14 hours ago
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@ Well no you don't: yesterday it was so disgustingly hot in Sydney I could dry 8 loads more or less consecutively.
about 19 hours ago
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in reply to ClassicalReview
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@ "bax" = Bach in the international phonetic alphabet. (See, studying linguistics has its uses.)
about 19 hours ago
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in reply to ClassicalReview
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@ @ Not so sure about this real life stuff; I spent Sunday offline & ended up doing 8 loads of laundry…
about 19 hours ago
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in reply to iagobrothers
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Ha! Could be a bit wittier itself but the point is made RT @: We rather agree with this:
about 19 hours ago
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@ Potential for ambiguity seems to be the strongest justification; bunging it on the front avoids that risk but often weakens result.
about 19 hours ago
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in reply to cpdavey
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. @ Ok in speech, but in writing there's almost always a better/less cliched alt. to bunging "Hopefully" on the front of a sentence.
about 20 hours ago
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in reply to cpdavey
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. @ I agree w/ the dictionaries as descriptive tools &w/ the style guides as prescriptive tools. …
about 20 hours ago
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in reply to cpdavey
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. @ ShOxford gives "in a hopeful manner" 1st (E17) and "it is hoped" 2nd (E20), acknowledging some consider latter to be erroneous…
about 20 hours ago
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in reply to cpdavey
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"When the southerly, southerly, southerly buster comes!" RT @: It's here. It's here. It's here!! The Southerly. It's HERE!!!!
5:58 AM Nov 22nd
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I agree w/ AP, @ & @ don't: RT @ The oft-misused "hopefully" = in a hopeful manner, not it is hoped.
9:44 PM Nov 21st
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RT @: What do you mean my town library isn't open at 7pm on Saturday night?!
4:23 PM Nov 21st
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Domestica!! And I don't mean Strauss. Although… I might listen to some *real* Strauss. (If Richard then Wagner; if Strauss then Johann)
3:29 PM Nov 21st
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Nabokov characterises Rachmaninoff's playing: precision, matter-of-factness
9:29 PM Nov 20th
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In praise of air-conditioning.
8:21 PM Nov 20th
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Encores are very revealing things: they reveal much about the performer and something about the audience too.
3:43 AM Nov 20th
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I think, if you're going to grab your girlfriend's program in the quietest, dying moments of a piece you might want to take a good hold.
3:41 AM Nov 20th
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Some people know me too well! RT: @: @ You will love these. Ampersand wallpapers for iPhone:
5:40 PM Nov 19th
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- Name Yvonne Frindle
- Location Sydney, Australia
- Web http://frindley.t...
- Bio Harmonious wordsmith & lapsed flutist/pianist. I work for orchestras: writer, speaker, sometime concert programmer. I can throw a sheep.
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