@Robusto I was in Normandy last summer and saw the Bayeux tapestry for the first time for real, a very impressive and unique object. It's incredible that it has survived all this time.
@jlliagre The panel on the left, in the lower border, is less “ribald,” in the terminology that seems to be used about the tapestry. So The one on the right is the original; the left is a copy. It differs in many minor ways and I like the lighter colors, but it is the copy, isn’t it?
@jlliagre Yes, truly amazing. I'll definitely add the museum to my list (closed from Sep 2025 to Oct 2027 for major renovation) when I visit Europe some day.
@jlliagre I was going to say that the right one looked like the real one, since I recall Harold's "eye" having this peculiar slant. Also I was going to say that he wasn't riding a mare.
What, precisely, is 'wildcard' in 'wildcard character', the latter being frequently used in texts on EDP, such as descriptions of command line syntax of programs.
In particular, is 'wildcard' essentially the compound adjective 'wild-card', thus an adjective itself, or rather 'wild card' shortened...
More fool's errands by people who erroneously think that:
1. orthographic stylizing actually matters at all, 2. dictionaries are reliable sources for grammatical information, 3. a learner's dictionary would ever favor nuances over oversimplifications, 4. you can always tell a word's class by looking at it insolation from any context, 5. part-of-speech categories apply to phrase units, and 6. a word's abstract class or category—its so-called part of speech—is isomorphic to the grammatical roles it can ever take on syntactically.
Basically, confusing the grammatical role of modifier with the part of speech.
I have no idea of what possible application that his knowing the "precise" answer to his question would enable for him. What's the actual problem here? What real-world purpose could he suddenly be able to accomplish if only he were armed with this "precise" knowledge?
The OED does have correct answers to all these questions of his. That entry was in fact updated this very month. But I don't know that that matters much in the big picture.
@tchrist @Robusto Came across a good pipe organ arranger Miklós Árpás when writing a Music.SE answer for a question about performing a transcription of the overture to St. Matthew Passion. He performed his own transcription here and the YouTube channel has many other transcriptions, including Moon River!
What amazes me is he really knows the organ he's playing, and his use of the available resources shows his creativity.
@tchrist Yup, such a signature pattern like the first four timpani notes of Beethoven's violin concerto or the the first 4 notes of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5.
@Robusto From how the coupler activates physical depression of the keys on the other manual, and how he has to exert some energy pressing the keys, my guess is that it's a tracker organ. I'm sure the organ spec is out there to be found by googling.
@Robusto Yup, exercise those finger muscles. I once played an older purely unassisted tracker organ. It's heavy as you add more stops.
@tchrist Yes, totally different character. Both have their advantages, I guess.
Found the spec from the organ builder, but not much details, only the ranks. It's new (!), built on 1996. Does "mechanische Spiel- und Registertraktur" imply tracker?
@Xanne I agree that precisely is somewhat unexpected, and in part motivated my question to the asker regarding what use he hoped to put this knowledge to.
@Robusto Yes. In addition I think it has a little computer that serves as piston-settings memory bank; in this video I see a small drawer opened below the right bank of stops showing what seems to be a touch panel LCD.
Found a feature article about him here translated by Google here.
The article addressed my amazement at how he could play his arrangements from memory and how he is very versatile in using registration to mimic a variety of orchestral sounds. Turns out he has been an organ enthusiast since 14, diligent in practicing, keep improving himself through master classes, has a passion for making arrangements / transcriptions of various musical genres, classical and otherwise, and has performed on many different organs, including the Notre Dame Cathedral.
He'll be my inspiration to experiment with various types of organ registration and in making my own arrangements, two skills that I'm very much deficient.
Hi, guys. Can I check with you these sentences? Do they sound natural enough to say?
1. It went by in a flash. It was so fast! 2. He never stops talking. All he does is talk, talk and talk. 3. What a crazy track! I really love this song! 4. Sometimes it feels like I'm at a strip club when outside. Society has surely changed! 5. K3b is a CD burning tool.
@MichaelRybkin Although all sound natural enough, #3 can be more clear by being more specific on why it is a "crazy" track (never heard that adjective describing an audio CD track). Is it amazing? Creative / Unique? Unexpected? Outstanding performance? For #4 "outdoor" or "on the street" is better than "outside", or rephrase: "Sometimes simply being outdoor makes me feel that I'm already at a strip club."
Could you help me to find meaning of "arm of heat" ???
thank you!
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