Chris Timson Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 Well done Jim, I see what Ken had in store for you. Heavyweight boxer. Well, well, remind me to be more polite when we next meet in Sweden. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken_Coles Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 Actually, my own titles are in abeyance. Jim came up with that one himself so I put it into the system right away. He will continue to progress through the ranks (black belt = 10,000 posts, perhaps?) and maybe some of us will catch up to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 Jim came up with that one himself so I put it into the system right away. Actually, I was speculating as to what Ken might have come up with, and that was one of my several speculations. ....At the time I had no idea that Ken would "reward" me with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhomylly Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 Oh way cool, I hadn't noticed I was a chatty concertinist! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 Oh way cool, I hadn't noticed I was a chatty concertinist! Probably too busy chatting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.elliott Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 actually I found the tag 'chatty concertinist' somewhat, but not quite insulting. Not least because I don't think that concertinist is a 'proper' word; concertina player, well hopefully. Certainly something to aspire to. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 I don't think that concertinist is a 'proper' word... What? You don't think we believe in concertinas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 I don't think that concertinist is a 'proper' word... Well, if it was good enough for Giulio Regondi, and the other 19th century virtuosi ... (Not forgetting the Oxford English Dictionary.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.elliott Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 not in my copy of the Oxford, but its just my, or one of my many, prejudice(s) D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 I don't think that concertinist is a 'proper' word...Well, if it was good enough for Giulio Regondi, and the other 19th century virtuosi ... (Not forgetting the Oxford English Dictionary.) not in my copy of the Oxford,... Well, it is in my 1936 copy of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary... not as a separate entry, but at the end of the entry for Concertina: "Hence Concertinist." ........FWIW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Day Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 Whatever the word Jim,well done and many thanks for your sometimes amusing,sometimes witty,advice,help,finding the owner of a lost concertina,slapping my wrist when I have been wrong and when I havn`t (but I expect you were right). Keep up the good work By the way I am still waiting delivery of my prize for being the one thousanth poster. Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 By the way I am still waiting delivery of my prize for being the one thousanth poster. We're working on a special thousand-fold bellows for your concertina, but I'm afraid it's going to take a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 (edited) Well, it is in my 1936 copy of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary... not as a separate entry, but at the end of the entry for Concertina: "Hence Concertinist." And that's only the Bantamweight Edition ! The 20 volume, Heavyweight version, of the O.E.D. (you'll have to get that one now Jim !), 2nd Edition, 1989, gives : "Hence concertinist, a player on the concertina. 1880 Daily Tel. 7 Sept. The concertinist is ... the best masthead man of the fleet." Edited February 19, 2004 by Stephen Chambers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen Posted February 20, 2004 Share Posted February 20, 2004 Al, You will now be the poster boy for Concertina.net. Helen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.elliott Posted February 21, 2004 Share Posted February 21, 2004 Stephen, mine is a 1975 vintage (with pictures), and does not have your quotation: "Hence concertinist, a player on the concertina." but it does say (under "concertina"): "~ v. Shut up like a concertina", so I shall! ps. still don't like the word, and then with the added adjective 'chatty', well................ Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted February 21, 2004 Share Posted February 21, 2004 ps. still don't like the word, and then with the added adjective 'chatty', well........... As in, "chatty chatty box box"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken_Coles Posted February 21, 2004 Share Posted February 21, 2004 Hmmm...Maybe we should go back to ordinary titles, though it can be hard to find enough adjectives. In a vague attempt to be humorous, I have learned that it seems very tricky to choose titles that would please everyone. But the old titles weren't universally popular either. (This reminds me of teaching!) If I could customize yours, Dave, I certainly would (conversant concertina player?). But the system doesn't let me do that. The only answer is to have another tune on the concertina! Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted February 21, 2004 Share Posted February 21, 2004 If I could customize yours, Dave, I certainly would (conversant concertina player?). Considering his avatar, how about "Cutaway Concertinist"? ....Oops! He wouldn't like that, would he. How about "Concertina Cutup"? Hey Dave, can you do us a similar picture of the concertina's predecessor? On second thought, we should get Brian H. to do that, so we could call it... ... "Hayden's Unfinished Symphonium". (Sorry. Best I could do with no Forum members named Schubert. ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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