AH> JB>  On the dictionary front, I found a New Webster's
AH> JB>  for cheep,

Not that a "Webster's" is worth anything as a REAL dictionary, as
anybody can
publish ANYTHING and call it a "Webster's dictionary" because
"Webster's" is
now a public domain name!

AH> Seriously, I think you meant "cheap" as in "a cheap
trick"....  ;-)

Which, of course refers to negotiations with a $10.00 crack ho!

AH>           Well, uh... how does the dictionary spell it??  I know.  You'd ra
AH> ask your buddy across the aisle.  That's okay as long as you're not in my g
AH> eight English class & you're not depending on somebody who's
flunking!  I t
AH> either the singular or the plural would work here... but the singular is ea
AH> to handle because you don't have to remember to change the
"-y" to "-ies".

I'm sure no dictionary spells the plural of secretary without the
"ies" thing!

Then the little 5yo girl comes home to tell her mommy they taught her how to
make babies in class today.  Mom was understandably shocked, but decided to
remain calm and get all the evidence together before going ballistic on the
school, so she asks, "And what did they teach you?"

The little girl proudly answered, "Change the Y to an I and add ES"

Patience protects mom from embarrassment yet again! *G*



AH>
AH> 
AH> 
AH> JB>  "What's this? Carbon was discovered as an element
AH> JB>  in the time BC, but Nitrogen didn't make it to the
AH> JB>  table until 1776!" (Ya, it's got a lookup sheet of
AH> JB>  the elements, and when they made their debut. |-)
AH> 
AH> 
AH>           Traditional grammar is simple, compared to chemistry!  There are 
AH> eight parts of speech, nobody has discovered any new ones since you
& I wen
AH> school, and if you forget you can look them up in any good dictionary....  
AH> 
AH> 
AH> 
AH> JB>  That's pretty sweet music, isn't it? I never quite
AH> JB>  equated the two, but that's hugely successful at
AH> JB>  bringing in the image!
AH> 
AH> 
AH>           Thankyou....  :-)  :-)  :-)
AH> 
AH> 
AH> 
AH> JB>  There has to be a conductor/leader, and as in
AH> JB>  politics, that's often up to competition.
AH> 
AH> 
AH>           Dallas & I had a clarinet teacher... also a
conductor... who was 
AH> of saying "music is not a democracy".  That's how it works
when one is teac
AH> beginners.  When I'm conducting more experienced players it's still up to m
AH> make the final decision.  But IMHO it would be foolish not to accept input 
AH> other people who can play rings around me on piano, drums, or trombone.... 
AH> 
AH> 
AH> 
AH> JB>  I often find it's the lowly drummer that sets the
AH> JB>  tome of the bunch. She/He isn't always the most
AH> JB>  accomplished player, but if (s)he can only hit
AH> JB>  hard, you have to make it a rock band.
AH> 
AH> 
AH>           That's pretty much how I see it too.  As I used to say... the dru
AH> is the conductor's right hand man (or woman).  If the two of them are tryin
AH> go in different directions the band will invariably follow the drummer.... 
AH> 
AH> 
AH> 
AH> 
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