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[Sam Spoons]

Do you mean "Sir Thomas John Woodward" or the leading character from Henry Fielding's novel? :D

[Arpangel]

Do you mean "Sir Thomas John Woodward" or the leading character from Henry Fielding's novel? :D

Mr Woodward, my mums heart throb when I was a kid.
The first 45 I ever bought was "It’s Not Unusual" I got it for her birthday.
So as you can see, he holds deep memories for me, but personally, I’ve never been a fan.

[Sam Spoons]

Very similar situation here, my mum loved T.J. and I appreciate his voice but was never really a fan either.

[Hugh Robjohns]

Sorry... cant hold it in any more... it's elusive... with an e... really bugging me... :ugeek: :shifty: :D

[blinddrew]

Thank you! :D
That's been yanking my chain every time I've opened up this forum.

[Saxum esse et non provolvere]

Thank God ! - I thought it was just me ...

[signed] Which Tyler - leader, pedants’ revolt.

[MOF]

Sorry... cant hold it in any more... it's elusive... with an e... really bugging me... :ugeek: :shifty: :D

:thumbup:

While we’re on the subject I noticed that Mark Wherry’s article about the latest iMac (https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/ap ... -imac-2020) used two words that don’t exist ‘temperatural’ and ‘perfomant’ and this sentence ‘I still experienced some occasionally weirdness’.

[MOF]

[signed] Which Tyler - leader, pedants’ revolt.

Clever, I see what you did there Wat Tyler and peasants to Which Tyler and pedants.

[markwherry]

While we’re on the subject I noticed that Mark Wherry’s article about the latest iMac (https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/ap ... -imac-2020) used two words that don’t exist ‘temperatural’ and ‘perfomant’ and this sentence ‘I still experienced some occasionally weirdness’.

Whether or not performant is a word has been debated, but it's generally accepted in technical writing these days. It's also in the Oxford online dictionary, which appears as Google's definition if you search for it. So I figured it was acceptable to use, although I have to say it's a word that's grown on me.

Similarly, temperatural is a Portuguese word that sometimes makes an appearance in English scientific papers. To be honest, I used it to avoid saying "thermal" again, and to make a more pleasantly rounded sentence without shoehorning words around "temperature".

Some thought does go into word choice, you might be surprised to know!

As for "occasionally"... This was probably an mistype of mine that slipped past the editor. Sorry, mistakes are made as well! We try our best!

[MOF]

Thank you for the reply Mark. I guess you could have said you’re the next Shakespeare, he invented many words that are now part of our language. :D

[John Egan]

So I’m looking for something that suggests a a veil, combined with shadows of memories, difficult to describe, and I’m not a literary person to that degree.

How about "Through the mists" or something similarly straightforward. You could drop the definite article and add an adjective, like "aural" or "seductive"

But I know how annoyingly difficult this problem can be.

Regards, John

[awjoe]

Or 'I Thought of You Ten Steps Past the Customs Gate'. I promise nobody's ever called an album that before. J 8-)

[RichardT]

So I’m looking for something that suggests a a veil, combined with shadows of memories, difficult to describe, and I’m not a literary person to that degree.

How about "Through the mists" or something similarly straightforward. You could drop the definite article and add an adjective, like "aural" or "seductive"

But I know how annoyingly difficult this problem can be.

Regards, John

Shadows of Salome?

[Sam Spoons]

Sounds like a slightly risqué Hank Marvin tribute :D

[FrankF]

Sorry... cant hold it in any more... it's elusive... with an e... really bugging me... :ugeek: :shifty: :D

Not necessarily! Illusive is a word - see page 1. :headbang: