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Topic: Note to Bill Hankey |
Roy Ayres
From:
Riverview, Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 25 Jul 2007 4:18 am |
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Bill, I love your thought provoking threads. I rarely reply, but I read all of them. Keep 'em coming.
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Bill Hankey
From:
Pittsfield, MA, USA
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Posted 25 Jul 2007 5:00 am
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Roy,
I am humbled by your kind words. I'll try to summon a continued interest, by delving into thoughts that may stir the imagination of others. Thanks... |
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steve takacs
From:
beijing, china via pittsburgh (deceased)
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Posted 25 Jul 2007 6:12 am ME TOO
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| Same goes for me, Bill. Thanks! steve t |
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Robert Harper
From:
Alabama, USA
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Posted 25 Jul 2007 7:14 am Words
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| Bill sometimes the word in your post have a definite Ma accent. Reckon yall coud do some translation for us southern boy. Hey it doesn't snow here often or much anyway |
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Bill Hankey
From:
Pittsfield, MA, USA
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Posted 25 Jul 2007 7:33 am
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| Those from the school of suppressed wit, are branded thusly throughout their lives. Incognito at its best fails to conceal the undertones of derision. |
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Marco Schouten
From:
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Posted 25 Jul 2007 1:07 pm
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I tried to read Bill's posts, but his choice of English words is out of reach for an ordinary foreigner 
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John Poston
From:
Albuquerque, NM, USA
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Posted 25 Jul 2007 2:10 pm
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| Mr. Bill Hankey, I am so delighted to see that you're regularly contributing to the forum again. You were missed by many. |
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steve takacs
From:
beijing, china via pittsburgh (deceased)
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Posted 25 Jul 2007 3:12 pm
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Marco, don't worry; I too have to use a dictionary to decode some of Bill's posts. Think of it as a free Englsih lesson. stevet\ t |
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 25 Jul 2007 7:05 pm
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Roy thanks for giving Bill some support.
His post are not for everybody,
but maybe the should be.
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DLD, Chili farmer. Plus bananas and papaya too.
Real happiness has no strings attached.
But pedal steels have many! |
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Ray Minich
From:
Bradford, Pa. Frozen Tundra
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Posted 26 Jul 2007 4:02 am
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Just as long as there's no Latin (like E Pluribus Funk, or "quid pro quo's"...) I like your prose Bill  |
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Ken Byng
From:
Southampton, England
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Posted 26 Jul 2007 4:32 am
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| I tried to read Bill's posts, but his choice of English words is out of reach for an ordinary foreigner |
Marco
His choice of words is out of reach to extraordinary foreigners too.  |
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 26 Jul 2007 7:48 am
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He is a one man outreach program.
Twas brillig and the slithy toaves
did gyre and gimble in the wabe
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DLD, Chili farmer. Plus bananas and papaya too.
Real happiness has no strings attached.
But pedal steels have many! |
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Bill Hankey
From:
Pittsfield, MA, USA
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Posted 26 Jul 2007 9:09 am
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| Focusing on objects that wither with the seasons, betrays our cogitative values of the passing of precious time. |
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Marco Schouten
From:
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Posted 27 Jul 2007 6:48 am
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I'm relieved
But still: Bill, you're a good guy!
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Bo Legg
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Posted 27 Jul 2007 10:51 am
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| I enjoy Bill's threads but it's like putting perfume on toilet paper, my rear is not going to know the difference. |
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Johan Jansen
From:
Europe
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Posted 27 Jul 2007 11:26 am
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Dito on Roy. Please Bill, keep on writing in your beautifull wordchoice!
Johan |
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Bill Hankey
From:
Pittsfield, MA, USA
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Posted 27 Jul 2007 1:55 pm
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Johan.
Kind words reverberate in our memoirs, lasting for indefinite periods of time. So crucial to morale, are words of approval, such as those that you have written. |
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 27 Jul 2007 9:14 pm
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And maybe a moral to the story is:
Everybody's 'Morale' can use a boost sometimes,
no matter HOW self-confident they seem.
And if they are NOT abundantly self-confident
even MORE SO!
Even if you are not cut from the same cloth
as another forumite, if you have benifited
even just ONE WORD,
from the postings of another here,
it is not a bad thing to give a little
positive re-enforcement to them.
I say JUST ONE WORD, because with Bill's posts,
just looking up a word, to figure out what he said,
IS growth for YOU, and benefits you in some way.
Hey today I learn another word!
In addition the over-all ideas he postulates and
the discussions often arising make people think.
In this day of TV and radio pap and pablum,
actually being 'moved to think' is a rarified thing.
Bravo Bill.
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DLD, Chili farmer. Plus bananas and papaya too.
Real happiness has no strings attached.
But pedal steels have many! |
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Johan Jansen
From:
Europe
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Posted 29 Jul 2007 3:55 am
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Hi Bill,
please, can you tell something about yourself, did you study English or did you educate yourself in another way to that high level?
Just curious. Thanks, Johan |
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Bill Hankey
From:
Pittsfield, MA, USA
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Posted 29 Jul 2007 5:20 am
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Johan,
"Believe it or not", my early experiences with individuals who delight in correcting improper terminology, were the most probable influences to advancing my studies of the English language. When you take time to ponder, there is hopelessness in attempting to communicate without a "bastion" of words and meanings stored in the memory. I believe that I've scratched the surfaces, by making what I believe to be logical inferences, relating to mainly, the steel guitar. I studied English for one semester at Berkshire Community College in Pittsfield, MA. My experiences extending over a 4 year period, as assistant editor for Dick Larkin's "Country Music Record Newspaper", helped to influence the need for proper English. While with the paper, I was privileged to interview some of the greats of country music, including Chet Atkins and Connie Smith. MASSBASHES that are assembled here in and around Western Massachusetts, are very much a part of my comunicative studies, since 1981. I keep a copy of Webster handy, for quick references. Thanks for your interest.
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 29 Jul 2007 7:22 am
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One thing I am pretty sure of:
Bill is a frequent reader.
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DLD, Chili farmer. Plus bananas and papaya too.
Real happiness has no strings attached.
But pedal steels have many! |
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Rick Nicklas
From:
Verona, Mo. (deceased)
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Posted 29 Jul 2007 6:10 pm
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| I too must confess I have learned new words and phrasing deliveries. But the only time I have been able to use them was to make reference to them from other Bill Hankey posts. |
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Johan Jansen
From:
Europe
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Posted 29 Jul 2007 9:58 pm
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Thanks for your answer Bill, I keep om reading your nice postings with good remarks and questions in a 'rich and colorfull' way of speeking!
see ya,Johan |
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Alan Kendall
From:
Maury County Tennessee
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Posted 31 Jul 2007 12:01 pm
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Sounds like a load of old codswallop to me  |
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