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Word For The Day, Wednesday, January 30, 2013-- aeolian

Posted on 01/30/2013 4:48:09 AM PST by TruthShallSetYouFree

Word For The Day, Wednesday, January 30, 2013-- aeolian

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In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".

aeolian [ee-oh-lee-uh n]

hear it pronounced

adjective

1. pertaining to Aeolus, (the ruler of the winds in Greek mythology), or to the winds in general.
2. ( usually lowercase ) of or caused by the wind; wind-blown.
3. poetic/literary: characterized by a sighing or moaning sound as if produced by the wind.

Origin:
1595–1605; Aeoli ( us ) pertaining to Aeolus + -an

Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.

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After an Obama speech, there is an aeolian quality to be found in the utterances of the mainstream anchors, a hushed rendering, as if they were reporting the word of God Himself. Sometimes these sounds are accompanied by a tingle down the leg.
1 posted on 01/30/2013 4:48:15 AM PST by TruthShallSetYouFree
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To: xsmommy; secret garden; VRWCmember; Slip18; SoothingDave; Texan5; NicknamedBob; ...

Here you go, early birds!


2 posted on 01/30/2013 4:50:23 AM PST by TruthShallSetYouFree (July 4, 1776: Declaration of Independence. Nov 6, 2012: Declaration of Dependence. R.I.P. America.)
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree

We get a lot of aeolian action in the Midwest. But, today ‘ll see snow.


3 posted on 01/30/2013 4:55:54 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: afraidfortherepublic
We'll see snow, hopefully with NO aeolian activity.
4 posted on 01/30/2013 4:57:57 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: afraidfortherepublic
A++

gold

I hope it doesn't get too windy. I'm flying from Newark to Las Vegas and it's not for a happy occasion. A very dear friend passed away, and I'm going to pay my respects to him.

5 posted on 01/30/2013 5:05:35 AM PST by TruthShallSetYouFree (July 4, 1776: Declaration of Independence. Nov 6, 2012: Declaration of Dependence. R.I.P. America.)
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree

I am Aeolio!

6 posted on 01/30/2013 5:22:14 AM PST by SoothingDave
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree
Hear they have good food. but odd to name a restaurant after a nipple. i mentioned that to xshub when we saw this place in Vegas.
7 posted on 01/30/2013 5:25:50 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: SoothingDave
A++

silver

Heh, heh.

8 posted on 01/30/2013 5:27:22 AM PST by TruthShallSetYouFree (July 4, 1776: Declaration of Independence. Nov 6, 2012: Declaration of Dependence. R.I.P. America.)
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To: xsmommy
A+++

bronze

How appropriate!

9 posted on 01/30/2013 5:28:51 AM PST by TruthShallSetYouFree (July 4, 1776: Declaration of Independence. Nov 6, 2012: Declaration of Dependence. R.I.P. America.)
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree

oh i’m sorry to hear about your friend. i really enjoyed my time in LV in Sept. One of my colleagues is going this weekend with one of his law school friends, sans wives, i said please don’t end up on the news. Since you are going for a funeral i won’t worry about you being on the news ; )


10 posted on 01/30/2013 5:37:37 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

I’ll be spending my time in beautifu downtown Henderson. Not much chance of my making the evening news.


11 posted on 01/30/2013 5:49:25 AM PST by TruthShallSetYouFree (July 4, 1776: Declaration of Independence. Nov 6, 2012: Declaration of Dependence. R.I.P. America.)
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To: xsmommy
oh i’m sorry to hear about your friend.

Thanks. He was my racquetball opponent for years, a good deal older than me. Cancer took him a few days after his 81st birthday.

12 posted on 01/30/2013 5:51:36 AM PST by TruthShallSetYouFree (July 4, 1776: Declaration of Independence. Nov 6, 2012: Declaration of Dependence. R.I.P. America.)
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree

The aeolian sighs and moans of those hurt by the obama economy are becoming louder and louder!


13 posted on 01/30/2013 5:59:51 AM PST by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree

The Aeolian Mode is the Natural Minor. It is a musical Term
You can hear the Aeolian Mode by playing 8 consecutive white keys on the piano, starting and ending on A.

The Piano was DESIGNED upon the Aeolian Mode, with the other 6 modes fitted in like this: (White Keys only)

Aeolian: Start on A (Natural Minor)
Locrian: Start on B (A Very Weird diminished mode)
Ionian: Start on C (Our Do-Re-Mi Major Scale)
Dorian: Start on D (A minor mode popular in the Middle Ages and Favored by Composer John Williams)
Phrygian: Start on E. A minor Mode with a flat second used by Beethoven in “Turkish March)
Lydian: Start on F (A major Mode with a Raised 4th,)
Mixolyidian: Start on G (A Major Mode with a Dominant 7th)

Brother Guido of Arezzi (12th Cent) was the first person to assign lyrics to the Ionian Mode, giving us the Do-Re-Mi sequence. There is a statue of him in that town in italy and he is credited as being the father of modern musical notation.

He did this because he couldn’t get his choir to sing the right notes.

And THAT my FRiends is where “Aeolian” comes from.

Since it only involves the WHITE Keys, we can assume that the Aeolian Mode is Raciss.


14 posted on 01/30/2013 6:01:06 AM PST by left that other site (Worry is the darkroom that developes negatives.)
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To: Honorary Serb

A++
Don’t blame me. I didn’t vote for him. :)


15 posted on 01/30/2013 6:13:48 AM PST by TruthShallSetYouFree (July 4, 1776: Declaration of Independence. Nov 6, 2012: Declaration of Dependence. R.I.P. America.)
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To: left that other site

A+++
That was a terrific music lesson!


16 posted on 01/30/2013 6:15:09 AM PST by TruthShallSetYouFree (July 4, 1776: Declaration of Independence. Nov 6, 2012: Declaration of Dependence. R.I.P. America.)
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To: left that other site

well aren’t you enlightening us on this in the most fascinating way today@!! thanks!


17 posted on 01/30/2013 6:17:27 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree; xsmommy

It is MY Pleasure!

I am not a big expert on most things, but when it comes to music...it is my JOB, My Hobby, AND my Passion!
:-)


18 posted on 01/30/2013 6:27:21 AM PST by left that other site (Worry is the darkroom that developes negatives.)
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree

We had some aeolian damage in the area, with trees down and some flooding. My youngest just sent me a text saying there is water in some classrooms and hallways but they are not sending anyone home.


19 posted on 01/30/2013 6:31:32 AM PST by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree

From my college days long ago, I remember that an aeolian response would come from a respiratory patient whose alveoli were compromised.

Not as a med student — actually, modeling airflow in the long for a term project. Fascinating stuff…


20 posted on 01/30/2013 6:33:54 AM PST by mikrofon (Who is this guy Al Veoli?)
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