Re: Subject: [Harp-L] Introducing myself

[Eliza Doolittle <eliza.doolittle@xxxxxxxx>]

Thanks everybody for your welcome here. I hope I'm answering in the right way... I've made a couple of attempts and I'm not sure whether I'm answering to the whole list, or only to one member.

It's been a surprise to me to find Winslow Yerxa is a member of this list. I'd like to say publicly here that I think his book is great, clear and amazingly effective in a field where I had expected that nothing but face-to-face lessons (not available in my town, as far as I know) would do. Thank you, Mr. Yerxa.

Elizabeth, Eliza Doolittle is not my real name... But almost. I'm really called Elisa (that's the Spanish version of the name, which is not considered the short for Elizabeth -Isabel- but a different name). 'My Fair Lady' has always been my favourite film, so I started to be called Eliza Doolittle, after its central character, by my schoolfriends, and by now it sounds to me almost as if it were my real name and not a nick.

See you around the list,

Eliza Doolittle







El Domingo 23 de marzo de 2014 19:22, "EGS1217@xxxxxxx" <EGS1217@xxxxxxx> escribió:
 
Hi Eliza, I'm Elizabeth and I post on Harp-l too. Welcome! It's fun when 
people from other Countries far afield join up to give their input.
 
I'm a Brit, formerly from Scotland but long since become a New Yorker, so 
find your 'Eliza Doolittle' handle quite intriguing. :)
 
As far as responding to 'old' threads...what I'd suggest is copying and 
pasting the post you're referencing - or at least the pertinent part of it, 
making sure you include the poster's name and email addy...and in the subject 
line making sure the List knows it's an 'old' topic perhaps? That way you 
aren't causing any confusion with a current thread especially if the people who 
initially posted are no longer members of the List.
 
Certain types of threads are often picked up and repeated--so I don't see 
any difficulty with responding to an old post--depending on just how far back it 
goes--or how controversial it might have been at the time. There is 
always THAT possibility, of course. ;) You might wish to scan back and 
forth around the post you're looking at--reading the responses if any, to 
make sure the Listowner didn't shut down the thread first.
 
You'll find that Winslow is a great source of information and always 
helpful--even outside his role as author of Harmonicas for Dummies and President 
of SPAH. He was the very first person to answer MY first 'dumb' question 
here--almost 10 years ago. Of course there are other very 
knowledgeable people too, but I'll never forget his taking the time to help 
me. 
 
Best,
 
Elizabeth