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From: Darren New
Subject: Re: Lies, damn lies and statistics
Date: 3 Nov 2009 11:31:04
Message: <4af05ac8$1@news.povray.org>
clipka wrote:
> Then for certain I /have/ heard something from her...

I once listened to a song of hers eight or ten times in a row trying to 
figure out the words. Then I gave up and dug out the liner notes, which were 
written in a handwriting so crabbed it was illegible.  So then I looked it 
up online, to discover it's in Gaelic.

-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   I ordered stamps from Zazzle that read "Place Stamp Here".


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From: Invisible
Subject: Re: Lies, damn lies and statistics
Date: 3 Nov 2009 11:35:54
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Darren New wrote:

> I once listened to a song of hers eight or ten times in a row trying to 
> figure out the words.

I can see where this is going...

> Then I gave up and dug out the liner notes, which 
> were written in a handwriting so crabbed it was illegible.

Haha, yes, she likes to do that.

> So then I looked it up online, to discover it's in Gaelic.

...yeah, I had a feeling this is where we'd end up. ;-)

She sings in a lot of pretty random languages.


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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: Lies, damn lies and statistics
Date: 3 Nov 2009 12:58:22
Message: <4af06f3e@news.povray.org>
On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:31:00 -0800, Darren New wrote:

> So then I
> looked it up online, to discover it's in Gaelic.

Yeah, that's one thing I like about her music. :-)

Jim


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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: Lies, damn lies and statistics
Date: 3 Nov 2009 12:58:45
Message: <4af06f55$1@news.povray.org>
On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:35:50 +0000, Invisible wrote:

> She sings in a lot of pretty random languages.

English, Gaelic, and Latin IIRC.  That's pretty much it.

Jim


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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: Lies, damn lies and statistics
Date: 3 Nov 2009 12:59:46
Message: <4af06f92$1@news.povray.org>
On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:25:42 +0000, Stephen wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
> 
> 
>> It's kinda like the "6 degrees" game.  You could probably do the same
>> with music influences to JS Bach. :-)
>> 
>> Jim
> 
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00nf3kr
> 
> Pete Townshend talks about the influence on his songwriting of composer
> Henry Purcell.
> 
> Unavailable after 13:30 GMT. :(

That's a problem, then, just getting to this now. :-(

Jim


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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: Lies, damn lies and statistics
Date: 3 Nov 2009 13:56:55
Message: <4af07cf7$1@news.povray.org>
Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:25:42 +0000, Stephen wrote:
> 
>> Jim Henderson wrote:
>>
>>
>>> It's kinda like the "6 degrees" game.  You could probably do the same
>>> with music influences to JS Bach. :-)
>>>
>>> Jim
>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00nf3kr
>>
>> Pete Townshend talks about the influence on his songwriting of composer
>> Henry Purcell.
>>
>> Unavailable after 13:30 GMT. :(
> 
> That's a problem, then, just getting to this now. :-(
> 
> Jim

Gone! And never called me mother!

-- 

Best Regards,
	Stephen


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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: Lies, damn lies and statistics
Date: 3 Nov 2009 15:00:23
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On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:56:57 +0000, Stephen wrote:

> Gone! And never called me mother!

Such a shame!

Jim


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From: andrel
Subject: Re: Lies, damn lies and statistics
Date: 3 Nov 2009 15:04:54
Message: <4AF08CE5.1000208@hotmail.com>
On 3-11-2009 18:58, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:35:50 +0000, Invisible wrote:
> 
>> She sings in a lot of pretty random languages.
> 
> English, Gaelic, and Latin IIRC.  That's pretty much it.

Neither of those is random. Gaelic spoken at home, English at school, 
and Latin in church. (at least I think that would be rather likely).


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From: andrel
Subject: Re: Lies, damn lies and statistics
Date: 3 Nov 2009 15:05:52
Message: <4AF08D20.5050006@hotmail.com>
On 2-11-2009 23:56, Darren New wrote:
> andrel wrote:
>> Why don't you try youtube and don't tell anybody I suggested that.
> 
> Why do you say don't tell anybody?
> 
Because it is rather likely that you will find an illegal upload?


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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: Lies, damn lies and statistics
Date: 3 Nov 2009 15:21:05
Message: <4af090b1$1@news.povray.org>
On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:04:53 +0100, andrel wrote:

> On 3-11-2009 18:58, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:35:50 +0000, Invisible wrote:
>> 
>>> She sings in a lot of pretty random languages.
>> 
>> English, Gaelic, and Latin IIRC.  That's pretty much it.
> 
> Neither of those is random. Gaelic spoken at home, English at school,
> and Latin in church. (at least I think that would be rather likely).

Yeah, I wouldn't have categorized them as "random" either.

Jim


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