[Dixielandjazz] non-jazz {WAS: RE: When Country Meets Dixie}

[Don Kirkman]

On Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:01:22 -0500, you wrote:

>Dear Don
>
>I gathered that you "meant", that most cannot modify "unique" ala  
>"Most unique rankles me."

Precisely.  I figured "Hear!  Hear! was clear enough, and  I certainly
understood what Jerry meant. 

> But then, coupled with the second part of  
>the sentence referencing it to jazz the complete sentence made  
>absolutely no sense. However since your sentence was describing most  
>unique as used in the original article, regarding "music"  naturally  
>one would expect readers to misunderstand it. What you might have done  
>to eliminate confusion as to meaning was say it like you did later,   
>below. That would have been correct english usage.

I didn't couple it to anything; I simply wrote two words of support
for correct usage.  I almost think you must have been responding to
Jerry although you addressed your remarks to me.

>> "I meant simply that  . . . the expression "most unique" rankles me  
>> in and of itself." 
>
>After all if you are going to be pedantic fine, but then, do not  
>commit the same misuse sins of the English language as us lesser folks.

I'm too old to think voting for correct usage is pedantry.  :-)

>Cheers,
>Steve
>
>On Jan 16, 2012, at 6:31 PM, Jerry Gordon wrote:
>
>> Egad, Steve! I've been completely misunderstood, just as Judy Eames
>> predicted. Let me be more explicit:
>>
>> "Unique" means one of a kind. Something is either unique (i.e.,  
>> there is
>> nothing else like it) or it is not. There are no degrees of  
>> uniqueness. One
>> thing cannot be "more unique" than another, nor can it be more  
>> unique than
>> two others, i.e.," most unique."
>>
>> Having said that, I recognize that many people incorrectly use  
>> "unique" as
>> if it means "different." There can be, of course, degrees of  
>> difference.
>> Language is constantly changing, and some day, unique = different  
>> will be
>> accepted as standard usage. Until then, I will continue to tilt at
>> windmills. (Since we're friends, you can call me Don.)
>>
>> My statement " ... it's got nothing to do with jazz" referred not to  
>> any of
>> the musical content of your email; .
>>
>> Jerry the pedantic washboardist.
>>
>>
>> On Jan 16, 2012, at 1:55 PM, Jerry Gordon wrote:
>>
>>> "Most unique" rankles me, and it's got nothing to do with jazz.
>>
>> In answer to Barbone
>>
>>> Stephen G Barbone Wrote:
>>>
>>> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] When Country Meets Dixie
>>>
>>> CAVEAT: The following excerpt from a Press Release may rankle the
>>> "trad purists". Especially the last sentence:
>>> "It's the most unique thing that we may hear musically for a long
>>> time."
>>
>> Dear Jerry:
>>
>> Why not? Don't the Dukes play jazz?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Steve Barbone
>> www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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