Talking in cliches - compile your own list

[Pabmusic]

Mind you, it looks faintly Welsh: "hendyadis" (? = "the old couple"?)

Welsh? It's all Greek to me.

[amateur51]

That's one thing I enjoy about these forums, Ams - where else would I ever get the chance to write 'hendyadis'?

[amateur51]

Mind you, it looks faintly Welsh: "hendyadis" (? = "the old couple"?)

A mix of Welsh and Greek? - they'll be from Cardiff then

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

A mix of Welsh and Greek? - they'll be from Cardiff then

[Panjandrum]

Gritty (euphem. )

Tuneless; not immediately attractive to the ear (Hindemith's Octet is a gritty work; Britten's Cello symphony has gritty writing for the solo instrument).

[Panjandrum]

Andrew McGregor saying, when introducing a little known composer/musician:

"Meet x".

[jean]

...where else would I ever get the chance to write 'hendyadis'?

You haven't really got it now...you should have written hendiadys.

[DracoM]

Collect a generous bundle of cliches every Saturday listening to AMcG on CDR. Wall-to-wall?

[Panjandrum]

Collect a generous bundle of cliches every Saturday listening to AMcG on CDR. Wall-to-wall?

Vintage recordings, with good sound, always "wear their years well".
Those in poor audio are "starting to show their age".

[Ferretfancy]

Talking of cliches, whereabouts on my iMac are the acute accents ?

[Dave2002]

Talking of cliches, whereabouts on my iMac are the acute accents ?

Is this serious? make sure you have the Language and text options turned on (check in System Preferences) so you should see a UK flag at the top right of the screen with the word "British" next to it. Then turn French or German on, and then turn on the Keyboard Viewer. You should be able to get most of the accents you normally need. If not, try Spanish, Hungarian etc. Once you've got those pesky accents remember to turn the keyboard back to British or you'll end up typing some very odd things. You can also do this with the Character viewer, accessed in a similar way.

[Nick Armstrong]

Talking of cliches, whereabouts on my iMac are the acute accents ?

Much easier (for me) is to press

Alt-e together, then e for é



Alt-e then i works for í should you need it.

Alt-c = ç

Alt-`then e = è
Alt-`then a = à

Alt-u then e = ë
Alt-i then e = ê

etc

[Pabmusic]

You haven't really got it now...you should have written hendiadys.

So I still haven't written it!

[Ferretfancy]

Dave 2002 and Caliban,

It was there all the time! Now I can enter realms of typographical sophistication previously denied me, just watch!

Many Thanks!
Ferret

[Aubade]

I'd always assumed this was the accepted way of expressing appreciation of performance.
What sort of thing does Mr Norris say ?

My favourite was an apparently high-flown observation about the DECISIONS a composer must make. Key? Tempo? Even whether to write in pen or pencil — 2B or not 2B?

Wonderful.