@ehBeth,
Quote:If I had time for another life ... I'd get serious about studying words ... and songs ...
That's easy to say Beth. It's a sort of claim to excellence without the bother of doing anything to show it. "Cuban salad" indeed. That was a flat-ribbed salad. Chopped up veggies. Are we supposed to appreciate and admire your eclectic tastes in chopped up veggies?
And if you knew what is involved in getting serious about words I don't think you would take the matter on in ten lifetimes. I certainly wouldn't after taking a peek into the game. Atonal music is easier. The plink, plank, plonks, squeaks and scrapes mean something donchaknow?