Re: [Harp-L] vibrato vs. tremolo 2

[fjm <bad_hat@xxxxxxxx>]

On 8/24/10 4:50 PM, joe leone wrote:
> s.j.....Well then, by this criteria..ALL definitions are useless here. I
> suggest we quit using definitions.


From reading this response it's clear to me that you either misread Mr. 
Ross's intent or you're poking fun.  What Jonathan wrote makes perfect 
sense to me and I did not read it to mean that language as a descriptor 
was worthless.  My interpretation is that he meant that language is 
contextual and that context is as important in deriving meaning as is 
the actual word. Establishing the  meanings of words by fiat would meet 
with about as much success as herding cats.  JRR of all people realises 
this.  He has made several attempts at harmonica related coinages and 
they've all been miserable failure with the exception of his brilliant 
German major tuning adopted by at least  myself and Winslow.  fjm