On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 23:20:18 +0000 (UTC), Eric Gill
<ericvgill@yahoo.com> wrote:
>Severian <severian@chlamydia-is-not-a-flower.com> wrote in
>news:chq5109d7sb94c4vr308v0459u33utt8df@4ax.com:
>
>> On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 21:38:53 +0000 (UTC), Eric Gill
>> <ericvgill@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Severian <severian@chlamydia-is-not-a-flower.com> wrote in
>>>news:thm5105ind7aimbgpvso916tag2851i87h@4ax.com:
>>>
>>>> Oy vey! While I have no inclination to agree with UD, your reply does
>>>> seem rather anti-semetic.
>>>
>>>Uhm - why, exactly?
>>><snip>
>>
>> You compared Yiddish epics to Klezmer symphonies, implying that
>> because they are both Yiddish, they are both poorly done. However, I
>> am not Jewish, and certainly not a Yiddish scholar, so I may not have
>> understood your analogy.
>
>Ah.
>
>Well, no. The similarity is that both are more "everyday" forms of
>communication/art, colorful and usually not too serious.
Thanks, I understand now. I would have understood sooner if you'd
mentioned Wagner instead of Klezmer. <g>
>I know very well there are exceptions. I really doubt Uncle Schmuck knew as
>much before you told him.
Don't worry: he's not likely to remember for very long. Even if he
does, he'll turn it into some kind of fagdance that makes as much
sense as the rest of his ramblings.
- Sev
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