[Dixielandjazz] Dixieland

[KenASlater at aol.com]

In a message dated 09/04/2003 16:40:20 GMT Daylight Time, 
jazzboard at hotmail.com writes:


> Other than that, any word is just a set of characters which can be used to 
> set air molecules in vibration or make odd arrangements of funny lines on a 
> 
> piece of paper. There IS NO INHERENT MEANING IN THE WORD "DIXIELAND" ANY 
> MORE THAN THERE IS AN INHERENT MEANING IN THE WORD "GAZORNENPLAT!" It has 
> to 
> be used in some sort of context first
> 
> 
> If we could find who used the word first and he/she could explain what 
> she/he meant wouldn't that take us a little further? As the inventor I 
> guess he/she could be considered the owner of the word. They would 
> certainly understand the context.
> 
> Having made this helpful (!)  suggestion I'd have to say that I don't know 
> who she/he is/was.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Regards
> 
> Ken

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