Did gyre and gimble in the wabe.

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Say dainty nymphs and speak, shall we play barley break?

<bonus points to anyone who can tell me either what piece of music this is from OR what the heck it means!>

Pete

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There's so much I don't know about astrophysics. I wish I had read that book by that wheelchair guy.

Jabberwocky

As to what it's about, asAlice says "It seems very pretty," she said when she had finished it, "but it's rather hard to understand!" (You see she didn't like to confess even to herself, that she couldn't make it out at all.) "Somehow it seems to fill my head with ideas--only I don't exactly know what they are! However, somebody killed something: that's clear, at any rate---"

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Amazing how many folks will say, when reciting from memory, "borogroves" instead of "borogoves". They usually get "the mome raths outgrabe" correct though. Must be something mimsy going on. Effects of Planet Ex perhaps.

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"Now is the month of Maying," a popular madrigal by Thomas Morley. Barley-break is an English country game, but here is probably used as a euphemism for what young couples naturally do in May.

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Spend their tax return?

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I like turkey legs, but only eat turkey on and after Thanksgiving.

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Some of my Astrophotography


Those that lack education have a hard time understanding its value. - Cross

Interesting. So they predicted a drastic end, ceded all property and were bumped off to make sure said ceded property remained looted?

Quite the opposite.

The astrologers accepted as payment their clients' property and other assets in return for information on how their clients could profit from or at least survive the dreaded day.

When the dreaded day came and went, and nothing out of the ordinary happened, their clients were a bit miffed at having been scammed. A few clients took drastic action. Soon there were a number of ex-astrologers, pushing up tulips...uh, daisies.

Nevertheless, after that and many other similar incidents, astrology continues to flourish in India.

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Ah. I see, but the seers didn't see it coming.

As usual.

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You would think scam artists would have a better insight into the darker side of human nature. Unless they believed it themselves. There is always that possibility. That's one of the ways belief systems go extinct. By having its practitioners go extinct.

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We're singing that in our upcoming concert, along with "April is in my Mistress' face" and another one whose name eludes me at the moment. Finding it would waste valuable seconds!

Speaking of singing, I have to go to rehearsal (is that the correct spelling? I used rehursal but the spell checker says I'm wrong, or possibly Canadian)

Pete

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There's so much I don't know about astrophysics. I wish I had read that book by that wheelchair guy.

"Rehearsal."

The white-powdered wig is not just for show. Among the many activities I do but don't generally discuss here are a few that require me to be fairly familiar with the body of English choral music, both sacred and secular. Unfortunately my most adept trebles grew up and went to college. "April..." is another often-performed work, along with, "Since Robin Hood, Maid Marian, and Little John." There are several inexpensive compendia of those works. A wonderful reference recording is the Kings' Singers' "Madrigal History Tour."

I've always considered "Now is the month of Maying" an early example of lyric censorship. In my not-so-serious opinion, the offensive lyrics were replaced by nonsense syllables, but the likely original intent can be gleaned from context.

Now is the month of Maying,
When merry lads are playing.
[Fa la la la la etc.]
Each with his bonny lass
Upon the greeny grass.
[Fa la la la la etc.]

The mental picture begins to emerge of what activities might have been discussed in the lyrics replaced by "Fa la la." Unfortunately this story lacks impact when written; it must be told and sung in order to appreciate its full glory.

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Everyone needs a "bonny lass"

I'm guessing you're a fan of Palestrina as well

Pete

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There's so much I don't know about astrophysics. I wish I had read that book by that wheelchair guy.

When I took a class in Gaelic language and song in college, I learned that a fair amount of nonsense syllables can also result from translation--or lack thereof. "Shul Aroon," or variant spelling thereof, is Gaelic in origin, but in English, it's sung with a nonsense chorus that vaguely resembles the original Gaelic words. The Irish also have a tradition of their own of nonsense syllables, however.

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"Now everyone was giving her that kind of look UFOlogists get when they suddenly say, 'Hey, if you shade your eyes you can see it is just a flock of geese after all.'"

"You can't erase icing."

"I can't believe it doesn't work! I found it on the internet, man!"