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Re: what does adorn mean in this context? question continues GDP
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Nicholas WASTELL |
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Re: what does adorn mean in this context? question continues GDP |
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Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:59:28 +0100 |
On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:17:23 -0800
"Jay Hamilton" <address@hidden> wrote:
> What is 'adorned' here?
With decoration added? Musical decoration, though -- turn, trill, prall,
whatever -- though it is obviously text to be attached in a similar way.
From your original question:
> ... but adorn and articulation don't really make sense to a common English
> reader ...
There's a limit to how far technical vocabulary can be simplified for common
access. You said you didn't understand those words: they actually seem quite
reasonable to me.
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Nicholas WASTELL
France