[Dixielandjazz] Big Word or Typo? / Was "Leonard Feather"

[Williams, Bob]

I must admit to having learned this word from Paul Edgerton.  I am not
nearly that smart.

It refers to the fact that the Wooden Nickel Jass Band is no longer an
observable "phenomenon."

I like it.

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Duncan [mailto:tduncan at bellatlantic.net]
Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 7:18 AM
To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Big Word or Typo? / Was "Leonard Feather"


In a message of Thu, 16 Jan 2003 16:50, Bob Williams signs himself as :

>>Bob Williams
The World's Most Modest Man and
The Noumenal Leader of the Wooden Nickel Jass Band
<http://wnjb.com> <<

Impressive language usage, indeed. Note the definition:

noumenal
a Kantian term that refers to the unknowable world as it is in itself.
According to Kant, we can only know the world as it appears to us, as a
phenomenon. We can never know it as it is in itself, as a noumenon. The
adjectival forms of these two words are "phenomenal" and "noumenal,"
respectively.

Regards,

Tom Duncan



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