[Dixielandjazz] Excuses

[Bill Haesler]

Charles Suhor wrote:I always thought the leader had a right to be pissed if someone showed up at the 11.9th hour. 
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> Charlie
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> On Feb 15, 2015, at 2:40 PM, Jim Kashishian wrote:
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>> Randy wrote:
>>> I was thinking about excuses that people use for being late or not showing
>> up to a gig.
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>> Hi, Randy.  What a fun thread.  I suspect we will see lots of posts on this
>> question.  Since I live in the country that hands down wins the "arrive late
>> or never" theme, it is very curious that the other 4 guys in our band (all
>> Spanish) are spot on time every time.  This behavior is far from usual here.
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>> In Spain, arriving late...up to a half hour, is to be expected, and the late
>> arriver will make no attempt in excusing him/herself.  We often find
>> ourselves standing waiting for the sound guys to arrive when the deal was
>> that all the sound be set up before we arrive.  Nevertheless, we are always
>> there, and kicking ourselves for being on time!
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>> Not arriving at all is written into the Spanish language with the grand
>> excuse of always using the subjunctive when saying when you will be there.
>> A Spaniard will say "I should be there at...", thereby giving themselves the
>> excuse that they never really said the time for sure.
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>> In fact the phrase "for sure" is expressed with the word "seguro", which
>> doesn't really mean for sure as you would think by the translation into
>> English.  It really means, when spoken by a Spaniard, "might or maybe".
>> There is no word to express "for sure", thereby giving the whole population
>> an out when caught out.  Interesting how a language can bend itself to
>> express the actions of its users.
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>> So, excuses aren't needed here at all since the language takes care of the
>> whole problem of being on time or arriving at all.
>> 
>> Jim
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