Likewise confused. No top hats in Yankee Doodle--hadn't been invented yet. "Stuck a feather in his hat/and called it macaroni."
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>From: Roger Day <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Feb 3, 2012 11:30 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: punctuation
>
>top hate parade?
>
>On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 8:29 PM, Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Am I? Sorry.
>> Well I'm confused.
>> I had in mind the patriotic song, Yankee Doodle
>>
>> Yankee Doodle went to town,
>> Riding on a pony;
>> A feather stuck in her top hat,
>>
>> and so on
>>
>> L
>>
>>
>> On Thu, January 19, 2012 20:22, Halvard Johnson wrote:
>>> No, no, Lawrence. You're getting this all mixed up
>>> with jazz funerals.
>>>
>>>
>>> Serving the tri-state area.
>>>
>>>
>>> Hal
>>>
>>>
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>>> ================
>>>
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>>>
>>> On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 2:10 PM, Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> I can just see them, in their top hats, leading the parade
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> L
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, January 19, 2012 17:58, Halvard Johnson wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Well, for women, we use "dudette."
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Serving the tri-state area.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hal
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Halvard Johnson
>>>>> ================
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> [log in to unmask]
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>>>>> <http://www.hamiltonstone.org/>
>>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>>> To Be Seen (Vol. III) <https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/>,
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>>>>> from the Basque & Other Poems
>>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/>
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>>>>> Públicas <https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/>; **The
>>>>>
>>>> Perfection
>>>>
>>>>> of Mozart's Third Eye and Other Sonnets<
>>>>>
>>>> http://www.scribd.com/doc/27039868/Halvard-Johnson-THE-PERFECTION
>>>>
>>>>> -OF-MOZART-S-THIRD-EYE-Other-Sonnets>
>>>>> ; **Organ Harvest with Entrance of
>>>>> Clones<
>>>>>
>>>> http://www.amazon.com/Harvest-Entrance-Clones-Halvard-Johnson/dp/09
>>>>
>>>>> 65404390/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1283182804&sr=8-1>
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>>>>>
>>>> **Theory
>>>>
>>>>> of Harmony<
>>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>>> espagnole<https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://xpressed.wippiesp
>>>>> ace
>>>> .
>>>>
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>>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>>> Project<
>>>>>
>>>> https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://xpressed.wippiespace.co
>>>>
>>>>> m/hsonnet.pdf> ; **G(e)nome
>>>>> <http://xpressed.wippiespace.com/fall03/genome.pdf>; **Winter
>>>>> Journey <http://capa.conncoll.edu/johnson.winter.html>;
>>>>> **Eclipse<http://capa.conncoll.edu/johnson.eclipse.html>
>>>>> ; **The Dance of the Red Swan
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>>>>> ; **Transparencies &
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>>>>> *
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 11:31 AM, Patrick McManus <
>>>>> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> In Brit speak saying mate to a woman could mean something else :-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics
>>>>>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>>>>>>
>>>> On
>>>>
>>>>>> Behalf Of Halvard Johnson
>>>>>> Sent: 19 January 2012 16:59
>>>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>>>> Subject: Re: punctuation
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 10:13 AM, Lawrence Upton
>>>>>> <[log in to unmask]
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't see the connection between shillings and top hats
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Shillings = what Brits once used to pay for top hats
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> (I have given up trying to work out the meaning of _dude_)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dude = US colloq., orig. mostly in the West; for effete Eastern and
>>>>>> city folks out West, nowadays used in a jocular way for almost
>>>>>> anyone (compr. to
>>>>>> "bud," "buddy,"
>>>>>> "amigo,"
>>>>>> "pal," and, for Aussies and Brits, "mate," "matey."
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Btw, what was the top-hate brigade?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Serving the tri-state area.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hal
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Halvard Johnson
>>>>>>> ================
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [log in to unmask]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Barcelona <http://onbarcelona.blogspot.com/> (submissions
>>>>>>> sought; email to my address above) Truck:
>>>>>>> https://plus.google.com/106252913724243142175
>>>>>>> http://sites.google.com/site/halvardjohnson/Home
>>>>>>> http://entropyandme.blogspot.com
>>>>>>> http://imageswithoutwords.blogspot.com
>>>>>>> http://www.hamiltonstone.org
>>>>>>> <http://www.hamiltonstone.org/>
>>>>>>> https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/
>>>>>>> <http://www.hamiltonstone.org/>
>>>>>>> Remains To Be Seen
>>>>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/>*,
>>>>>>> Remains To Be Seen (Vol. II)
>>>>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/>,** Remains To Be
>>>>>>> Seen
>>>>>>> (Vol. III) <https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/>,
>>>>>>> *Sonnets
>>>>>>> from the Basque & Other
>>>>>>> Poems<https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/>
>>>>>>> *, *Mainly Black <https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/>,
>>>>>>> *Obras P blicas <https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/>;
>>>>>>> **The
>>>>>>> Perfection of Mozart's Third Eye and Other
>>>>>>> Sonnets<http://www.scribd.com/doc/27039868/Halvard-Johnson-THE-PER
>>>>>>> FECT
>>>>>>> ION-OF-MOZART-S-THIRD-EYE-Other-Sonnets>
>>>>>>> ; **Organ Harvest with Entrance of
>>>>>>> Clones<http://www.amazon.com/Harvest-Entrance-Clones-Halvard-Johns
>>>>>>> on/d
>>>>>>> p/0965404390/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1283182804&sr=8-1> ;
>>>>>>> **Tango Bouquet <https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/>;
>>>>>>> **Theory of
>>>>>>> Harmony<https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://xpressed.wippies
>>>>>>> pace .com/fall04/theory1.pdf> ; **Rapsodie
>>>>>>> espagnole<https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://xpressed.wippi
>>>>>>> espa ce.com/rapsodi.pdf> ; **Guide to the Tokyo
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>>>>>>> 7148
>>>>>>> 7
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>>>>>>> ; **The Sonnet
>>>>>>> Project<https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://xpressed.wippies
>>>>>>> pace .com/hsonnet.pdf> ; **G(e)nome
>>>>>>> <http://xpressed.wippiespace.com/fall03/genome.pdf>; **Winter
>>>>>>> Journey
>>>>>>> <http://capa.conncoll.edu/johnson.winter.html>;**Eclipse<http://ca
>>>>>>> pa.c onncoll.edu/johnson.eclipse.html> ; **The Dance of the Red
>>>>>>> Swan<http://capa.conncoll.edu/johnson.dance.html>
>>>>>>> ; **Transparencies &
>>>>>>> Projections<http://capa.conncoll.edu/johnson.transp.html>
>>>>>>> *
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>> UNFRAMED GRAPHICS by Lawrence Upton
>>>> 42 pages; A5 paperback; colour cover
>>>> Writers Forum 978 1 84254 277 4
>>>> wfuk.org.uk/blog ----
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> -----
>> UNFRAMED GRAPHICS by Lawrence Upton
>> 42 pages; A5 paperback; colour cover
>> Writers Forum 978 1 84254 277 4
>> wfuk.org.uk/blog
>> ----
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