If the human ear is conditioned to find music with tonal moorings satisfying, if we are “embedded in a tonal universe,�? as Leonard Bernstein once put it, then 12-tone music discombobulates those aural expectations and shakes up the universe.
more importantly, inat is not about spiteful joy at other people's expense, but rather taking pride in one's owns decisions, no matter how irrational or harmful they are, for that person and others.
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bokie commented on the word discombobulates
If the human ear is conditioned to find music with tonal moorings satisfying, if we are “embedded in a tonal universe,�? as Leonard Bernstein once put it, then 12-tone music discombobulates those aural expectations and shakes up the universe.
February 11, 2009
bokie commented on the word jaundice
"But the weary process of reform at the UN has left many jaundiced" -- I find it interesting jaundice is used in this sense
February 9, 2009
bokie commented on the word inat
more importantly, inat is not about spiteful joy at other people's expense, but rather taking pride in one's owns decisions, no matter how irrational or harmful they are, for that person and others.
February 9, 2009
bokie commented on the word inat
actually, this is a turkish word, widely in use all over the Western Balkans
February 9, 2009