Thank you, Alexander, for finally posting in this thread entitled "Alexander" -- I was experiencing severe dyslexia trying to remind myself that it was Lon who started it and not you!!!
My favorite Alexander story is how he tamed his stallion, Bucephalus:
Did THAT make it into the movie? (I guess maybe it's more suitable for the Disney version aimed at pre-teen girls!)
BTW, the name of the site where I quoted that story from is hilarious: SEVEN HORSES OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE !
Think I read his say somewhere that it's a Turkish name, thus the "unexpected" pronunciation.
Maybe I should post this on the "Definately" thread, but I believe it is spelled:
MOTIAN
I've always pronounced it "Mo-tee-un" as well, but I swear I've got a live recording somewhere where Charlie Haden (who knows him well) introduces him as "Mo-shun."
Well, looks like we all stand corrected -- because apparently Paul went with the flow and stopped "correcting" people in about first grade! -- according to this Fireside Chat with Paul Motian:
Think I read his say somewhere that it's a Turkish name, thus the "unexpected" pronunciation.
Maybe I should post this on the "Definately" thread, but I believe it is spelled:
MOTIAN
They say roses are red and violets are purple
Sugar is sweet and so is maple surple
Well I'm the seventh out of seven sons
My pappy was a pistol
I'm a son of a gun.
(CHORUS)
Dang me, dang me
They oughta take a rope and hang me
High from the highest tree
Woman would you weep for me.
"Saxaphone" vs saxophone
"Accordian" vs accordion
"Vocal chords" vs vocal cords
Those definitely drive me defiantly crazy!
I suppose there are such things as "vocal chords" -- but those would be what you hear when the basses sing the root, the tenors the fifth, the altos the root two octaves above the basses and the sopranos the third...
The things in your larynx (not "larnyx"!!!) are CORDS!
Jest so's ya know -- Daddy Dewdrop tape played in my head the minute I read your thread title (confirmed by subtitle!) -- and seriously (well, as seriously as this warrants ), I always kinda thought maybe Roger Miller ("Chug-a-Lug") should get a little cut of Chick-a-Boom's radio play royalties!
Whoa!
That's kinda unbelievable... what a drag.
An ear-nose-throat (ENT) might not be right -- they're pretty much dealing with the larynx, vocal cords... Although if there actually is something in her throat, then maybe...
All this tingling/numbness involves nerves in SOME way -- cervical spine/vertebral problem (orthopedist?), or inflammatory (rheumatologist?). This is where a person needs a primary doctor, internal medicine certified who CARES enough to work with these specialists so you're not flailing blindly. I'll PM you...