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Re: The Inner Light

Posted: Wed May 10, 2017 12:49 pm
by Nanohedron
Peter Duggan wrote:Anything else?
Nah, we're good. :)

I honestly wasn't sure you meant a Meg whistle at that point. It was "vanilla" that threw me. We use the same word as slang in the States, but while it means "standard" for us too, it more implies "unimaginative", "boring", and "safe". So, I thought you must instead be referring to something edible!

Apparently I need more coffee.

Re: The Inner Light

Posted: Wed May 10, 2017 2:54 pm
by benhall.1
Nanohedron wrote:Apparently I need more coffee.
Caffeine!
All around my brain!

:D

Re: The Inner Light

Posted: Wed May 10, 2017 11:01 pm
by an seanduine
benhall.1 wrote:
Nanohedron wrote:Apparently I need more coffee.
Caffeine!
All around my brain!

:D
That's not the way Woody Guthrie and Cisco Huston wrote it! :D

Bob

Re: The Inner Light

Posted: Wed May 10, 2017 11:02 pm
by benhall.1
an seanduine wrote:
benhall.1 wrote:
Nanohedron wrote:Apparently I need more coffee.
Caffeine!
All around my brain!

:D
That's not the way Woody Guthrie and Cisco Huston wrote it! :D

Bob
:) :wink: :D

Re: The Inner Light

Posted: Fri May 12, 2017 4:12 pm
by AuLoS303
Vanilla means plain, average, dull here in England. Another word for it-beige

Re: The Inner Light

Posted: Fri May 12, 2017 7:25 pm
by Tunborough
An American firm I work with uses 'vanilla' to mean 'unmodified', exactly as Peter used it.

Re: The Inner Light

Posted: Fri May 12, 2017 8:04 pm
by Nanohedron
Hmm. "Vanilla" is usually a disparaging assessment where I live (E.g., "Nano's so vanilla, he signals his turns even when there's no one around."), so it might just be a local thing, then. I don't get out much.

Re: The Inner Light

Posted: Fri May 12, 2017 10:26 pm
by an seanduine
FWIW 'vanilla' in a social context in my world conveyed 'unexciting'. Probably more disparaging would be to be described as 'COT', that is 'colorless, odorless, and tasteless'.

Bob

Re: The Inner Light

Posted: Sat May 13, 2017 3:28 am
by p51baby
I've always had a fondness for Inner Light, even if it's not trad. Apparently Patrick Stewart wanted to get the playing part right by learning a bit of whistle to mimic the motions and give it a more authentic look during the filming of the episode.

True story: earlier this year I was at an Irish trad Festival, but before going there I had attended a comic convention dressed up as Captain Picard and turned my Sindt whistle into a Reissikan flute. The costume doubled as pajamas for the Irish week. Anyways, one of the organizers wanted me to review a tune that I had taught at our morning tune learning session about 10 minutes before it started, while I was still in Star Trek Pajamas. What else was I suppose to do than show up, Ressikan flute in hand, to teach "Ornette's Trip to Belfast"... I guess there's a first for everything!

Re: The Inner Light

Posted: Sat May 13, 2017 3:38 am
by AuLoS303
P51, great story!