[Dixielandjazz] Pardon me?

[John Farrell]

Hi Bill -

I just knew that you would rise to the challenge !! Attached to the message
was a MIDI file of an unbelievably boring, banal tune so in view of your
excellent translation I am now faced with the unpleasant task of telling
this lady to get lost. Experience has shown me that if I were to do what she
asks other even more awful songs would follow.

Ever thought of becoming a codebreaker? I believe that the pay is quite
impressive.

With thanks,

John


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Gunter" <jazzboard@hotmail.com>
To: <stridepiano@tesco.net>; <dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 5:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Pardon me?


> Hi John,
>
> >Here's a message which I received this morning - but I'm damned if I can
> >figure out what this person is talking about. Can anyone translate?
>
> Well! This is a fun exercise!
>
> >"Hello, i my name is Nicola Tancredi I find me in ITALY to Stigliano (you
> >see map); sound the classic guitar.
>
> "Hi, my name is Nicola Tancredi and I live in Stigliano, Italy (you can
find
> it on a map) and I play the classic guitar."
>
> >I have to displease, but I do not speak
> >English for that I hope that the translator goes well!
>
> "I'm sorry, but I don't speak English so I hope the translator works."
>
> >I have a study of record and I have to please if you can record for
myself
> >in "SLOW REGTIME", my music that i send to you for internet.
>
> "I have some music I can send you via the internet and I'd like to know if
> you can make a midi file of it for me in "slow ragtime."
>
> >Then you send me the file midi in "SLOW REGTIME" and
> >i send to you MP3 of the work that do in study of record with my sets to
> >music played from you!!
>
> "If you send me the midi file in "slow ragtime" I'll perform and record it
> in a set and send an MP3 file of the performance back to you."
>
> >Ok?  You announce me, if it does to please you this experience?  :-)).
> >Well, i wait your news.
>
> "OK? Let me know if you're interested in doing this"  (smiley face)."
>
> >CAUTION, you speak me with l' Italian. ..per do this, can run back to the
> >site http: //www.freetranslation.com/, but write an elementary English!
>
> "But you must speak to me in Italian. In order to do this you can go to a
> translation website - http://www.freetranslation.com - but write in simple
> English.
>
> >HELLO HELLO
> >HELLO. ..DALL'ITALIA."
>
> "Hello, hello, hello from Italy."
>
> >  Okay you linguists, get cracking!!
>
>
> I don't know, John - but that's the best I can come up with.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bill "Io voglio un pizza" Gunter
> jazzboard@hotmail.com
>
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