Re: ,Language' in language name?

In a message dated 11/29/01 5:48:20 PM, agricola@WAM.UMD.EDU writes:

>Am 28.11.01, Josh Roth yscrifef:
>
>> >What they call themselves is, of course, unpronounceable by human
>> >mouths. [We have rather too few strings and dampers and things to
>> >speak that language!]
>>
>> That was my intial thought as well, but actually, even the sounds that
>a
>> piano does make are not being used to refer to itself - they're just
>sounds a
>> piano happens to make, such as the sound of a human coughing or sneezing.
>
>Who's to say!? I don't speak Cristoforese, so really can't comment.
>Probably what mine is saying when I touch the keys is "Look here,
>you SOB! You haven't had me tuned in 10 years; you _still_ haven't
>fixed my small c ribbon _OR_ my c' hammer stick _OR_ replaceed my
>great Eb string!" Yada, yada. I guess I should be happy it's still
>talking at all! [And for all that, it's not really too out of tune.
>They could really build things in the Good Old Days!]
In that case, our pianos should get together for a chat - they have a lot in
common :-)
Its funny, I almost don't even want to bother getting it tuned now - lack of
tuning adds character!

>[snip]
>> I think I understand ... you're saying that someone's own name for themself
>> is more interesting and significant than an outsider's.
>
>Yes. Names are important!
>
>> Josh Roth
>
>Padraic.
>--
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