[musictlk] (WebBraille)

Thu Jun 21 04:31:47 CDT 2007

I will certainly e-mail it.  That'll be easier for me as well.

> Thank you.  That would be very helpful.
>
> Address:  Debra Baxley
>
> 700 Henning Drive Apartment 3
>
> Sulphur, Louisiana 70663
>
> It might be more helpful if you could email me the information.  Thank you
> so very much.
>
> Debra Baxley
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Sydney Walker Freedman
> Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 4:07 AM
> To: NFBnet Music Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [musictlk] (WebBraille)
>
> I was using an analogy to explain how the metaphor works.  I did not mean
> that the context of the metaphor was arguments; I was simply giving a
> parallel situation in which the expression might be used.  To relate it to
> mannerisms (and to partially reiterate what I said earlier), it means that
> the social classes treated each other badly (as opposed to the upper class
> treating commoners badly or vice-versa).  Would it help if I sent you a
> sheet explaining different figures of speech, rhetorical devices, etc...
> not that you need one; it was just a thought, especially since it seems
> that my illustration (not a literal illustration, but in this case,
> illustration refers to an example used to explain how something functions,
> in the case of this discussion, a figure of speech) was confusing.
>
>> Chapter 13 was referring to people's mannerisms; not arguments.
>>
>> Debra
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>> On
>> Behalf Of Sydney Walker Freedman
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 8:59 PM
>> To: NFBnet Music Talk Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [musictlk] (WebBraille)
>>
>>
>>> Thank you for the clarification.
>>>
>>> In my opinion, the foul language is too inappropriate to quote on the
>>> website.
>>>
>>> Chapter 13:  "The Bourgeois ate the Ariostocracy, and the Ariostocracy
>>> ate
>>> the lower classes,".  Which statement leads me to believe that people
>>> were
>>> cannibalistic in that period of time.  Do I have a correct assumption?
>>>
>>
>> No, it's just a figure of speech.  :)  You've probably heard people
>> recounting the story of, say, an argument, and you may have heard the
>> phrase, "They just ate each other," meaning that they were both
>> extremely
>> angry with each other and were saying hurtful things.  In the case of
>> people of different social classes, they are not treating each other
>> well,
>> are fighting among themselves, etc.  Just like the two people in the
>> argument, they are not literally eating each other.  As far as I know,
>> canibalism was/is only practiced by certain tribes in New Guinea and
>> other
>> places.  According to there religions; they believe that eating a part
>> of
>> a deceased person will give them his or her good qualities.  Aside from
>> that, it may happen/have happened during famines elsewhere, but this
>> would
>> be rare and not to a great extent.
>>
>>
>>> Debra Baxley
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>> On
>>> Behalf Of Sydney Walker Freedman
>>> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 10:35 AM
>>> To: NFBnet Music Talk Mailing List
>>> Subject: Re: [musictlk] (WebBraille)
>>>
>>>
>>>> I thought that you meant the plastic Braille display that goes
>>>> underneath
>>>> a
>>>> computer; I know that the Braille Lite 40 has a built-in Braille
>>>> display.
>>>
>>> Sorry about the confusion.  I should have been more clear.  As long as
>>> you
>>> have a device that will show Braille output (any sort of braille
>>> display,
>>> whether a separate hardware device or built-in to something else), i.e.
>>> that will allow you to actually read the file in Braille, then you can
>>> use
>>> BRF files with no trouble.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I have more questions.  Acording to Chapter Thirteen, print page 545,
>>>> were
>>>> the people actually cannibalistic?
>>>
>>> I don't have my book with me at the moment.  Could you quote the
>>> relevant
>>> sentence or paragraph from the passage?
>>>
>>>>
>>>> In Chapter Twenty, what does foul language have to do with music?  Why
>>>> did
>>>> Igor Stravinsky use it in one of his quotations?
>>>
>>> He was probably simply using it as an expression, most likely to make a
>>> point, just like people do today, and since he id directly quoted, the
>>> quotation was not edited.  If you send me the quote, I could elaborate
>>> more based on the context.  Also, on the subject of what fowl language
>>> has
>>> to do with music, I would say that it falls under the category of what
>>> text/words/language have to do with music.  I can elaborate on this
>>> point
>>> if you would like.  Just let me know.
>>>
>>> A quick note:  it seems that you have many questions along the lines of
>>> "what does x have to do with music?"  Music is not some mutually
>>> exclusive
>>> thing (i'm not saying you don't know what I'm about to say, I just
>>> thought
>>> I'd make a few notes).  It comes from and is influenced by the cultures
>>> from which it comes, so it is affected by and affects other things in
>>> those cultures and the world in general.  It may seem that music and x
>>> thing don't go together, but if one thinks about it (and reads more
>>> about
>>> it), it turns out that they often do.  I could give some examples, but
>>> you
>>> PROBABLY know what I mean.
>>>
>>> i hope this helps.  Feel free to e-mail me any time.
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Debra
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>>> On
>>>> Behalf Of Sydney Walker Freedman
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 9:14 AM
>>>> To: NFBnet Music Talk Mailing List
>>>> Subject: Re: [musictlk] (WebBraille)
>>>>
>>>> A Braille Lite 40 has a braille display on it (a 40-cell one :) ).
>>>> That's
>>>> why I said that it
>>>> would work.
>>>>
>>>>> I do not have a Braille display.
>>>>>
>>>>> Debra
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>>>> [mailto:musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>>>> On
>>>>> Behalf Of Sydney Walker Freedman
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 10:50 PM
>>>>> To: NFBnet Music Talk Mailing List
>>>>> Subject: Re: [musictlk] (WebBraille)
>>>>>
>>>>> T
>>>>>>at would work.  As long as you have a Braille display, your golden.
>>>>>> :)
>>>>> h No.  A Braille Lite 40 is available.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Debra
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>>>>> [mailto:musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>>>>> On
>>>>>> Behalf Of Cindy Ray
>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 10:36 AM
>>>>>> To: NFBnet Music Talk Mailing List
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [musictlk] (WebBraille)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Do you have a notetaker such as PacMate or MPower?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cindy
>>>>>>
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