Are vegans even permitted to say "meet"?
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Are vegans even permitted to say "meet"?
Beg the QuestionYes, "reach out" makes me want to hurt myself.
"Begs the question" is another pet peeve because it's almost always (now, there's an annoying one for ya) used incorrectly and overused. It doesn't mean presents or asks a question. It really means ""assume the conclusion". If something begs the question, the person is really saying the question has already been answered. Replace "it begs" with "it answers" and we have the correct usage.
OK, so I'm a geek.
The speaker of the phrase is saying that the statement [of an answer] assumes that all who are involved are aware of the context that the question would provide. That’s often not the case.
[Feeling a mite pedantic today. That comes of two months of homebound convalescence from surgery. I hope to resume playing music soon so my mind goes there instead of to threads like this one. Whine, whine, whine.]
“encounter”
I knew a guy who would only use the term “forward” when talking directions because he didn’t like the word straight. It was mostly done to be silly and for the “joke” value, but not entirely. It was only funny the first few times.
Back in the Day will always be used. One day, we ALL say it.
Bocce could be the new carrots. If only you would believe. Insert Jesus meme here
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Now with all the venture capital going into veggie meats, there are meats to meet and a lot of people are going to meet about meat.
Spotted in a recent TB bass guitar ad: "Super sexy but with a vintage charm."
(same ad gets bonus points for "Excellent punch"...)
(same ad gets bonus points for "Excellent punch"...)
Sometimes people write "7ender" in place of Fender. If I were king they'd be incarcer8ed.
First off, that post, as well as this one, was written tongue in cheek, as a bit of humor. I'm way too old to be bothered by any of this.
Second, never assume, young man, surely you know what happens there. Seemingly experienced players claiming their neck is ruler flat tends to confuse new TB players that can't understand why their neck has to have some relief!
Third, pay attention! Your fretless doesn't have a fretboard! You have a fingerboard, which can be flatter than a laser line, if you wish.
Frets? Not so much........physics can be such a cruel master.
See the opening where contradiction rears it's ugly head?
Now, as long as I've got everyone believing I'm all worked up over your insolence, I'll just add that "Tone is in your fingers" is an inarticulate way of stating the truism that a change in playing style, strength, and position, as well as pick gauge and technique, can offer a broad palette of tonal variation within the preestablished parameters of your current timbrel limitations, to include amp, bass, and strings.
In other words, you don't need to reach for a knob to change your tone.
No, it doesn't mean a Fender becomes a Ric becomes a MM becomes an Alembic. It does mean you may learn to bring out the most Ric-like tones from your FSO, etc., but not that your Pbass with flats into a B15 will sound like Chris Squire if you just play harder!
"Slap like now!"
Just kidding. I love that one.
Why? Because it annoys so many others, of course.
Just kidding. I love that one.
Why? Because it annoys so many others, of course.
You could add:
"I have my own tone"
"It needs burn-in"
"I play only 4 strings"
"Sunburst with tortoise pickups"
"Pbass for life"...
"I have my own tone"
"It needs burn-in"
"I play only 4 strings"
"Sunburst with tortoise pickups"
"Pbass for life"...
"And in this cornah...."Oh, this isn't a phrase, it's an ignorance about language, but non-Canadians who say out loud "walla", or worse yet, spell it similarly to that.
The word is "voilà", it is French, the accent over the a is not critical for understanding or spelling on English keyboards, and it is pronounced pretty much how it is spelled, with the V sounding like a V, not a W.
K, I'll go back to my corner now.
An English transliteration of it might read VWA-la. The French pronunciation has a strong W sound to it. People saying "walla" are either knowingly joking or unknowingly repeating an often repeated joke mispronunciation.
If an English speaker prounounced Voila as written, they might well say VOY-el-ah or VOY-la...
"Very unique." ............If something is unique, then the word "very" is not necessary.
Kind of like the term used in Animal House, "Double secret probation."
Kind of like the term used in Animal House, "Double secret probation."
