Onward the advance of Piano Technology!! -----Original Message----- >From: Philippe Errembault <phil.errembault at skynet.be> >Sent: Jun 14, 2006 6:25 AM >To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org> >Subject: Re: troglodytes and stalagmites > >That's funny, because in french, we have exactly the same mnémotechnic help, >but on other letters : >For us Stalagmites go up because of the M like in "Monter" (which means to >go up) and stalagtites go down because of the T like in "Tomber" (which >means fall down) > >So we have C for Ceiling, T for Tomber, G for ground and M for monter. Let's >apply it to Troglodytes. >In troglodytes, we have a G for ground and a D... which could stand for >diving, so we could gess troglodytes are diving under the ground, which is >what they do if they live in a cave... > >Ps : The same kind of pseudo reasoning was at the base of invention of >aspirin and it worked, so let's assume I'm a genius ;-p > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "John M. Formsma" <john at formsmapiano.com> >To: "'Pianotech List'" <pianotech at ptg.org> >Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 3:36 AM >Subject: RE: troglodytes > > >> My grandfather had a saying, "When the mites go up, the tites go down." >> >> JF >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On >Behalf >> Of Conrad Hoffsommer >> Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2006 8:28 PM >> To: ed440 at mindspring.com; Pianotech List >> Subject: RE: troglodytes >> >> At 19:51 6/11/2006, you wrote: >> >Wait, I'm confused. >> >Are the troglodytes the ones that stand up on the floor of the cave, >> >or the ones that hang down from the ceiling? >> >Ed S. >> >> easy way to remember, oh confused one... >> >> Stalagmite has a G in it does ground >> Stalactite has a C in it as does ceiling. >> >> Both are found in cold dark places, as is my beer. >> >> >> >> Conrad Hoffsommer >> >> Early to rise: early to bed; >> Makes a man healthy, and socially dead. >> >> >> >> >> >
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