Re: My Opus: De 'A' key adjacent to de 'S' key . . .

Scott Turner Wrote:
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> But . . .  I also have to admit that the "Opua"
> reference goes a bit over my somewhat dense
> and aging head.


Same here, Scott -

At first I thought of contacting Roosso's daughter Jackelopette, who minored in Latin in college and is also in possession of a Christmas present from several years ago, "How To Insult Nearly Everybody Using Classical Latin" - or something to that effect - as I surmised Bill meant the plural of the masculine word 'Opus' and she could verify that to be the masculine 'Opi' or maybe 'Opii' rather than the feminine 'Opua'.

But then it dawned on me: it's merely a typo - the 'a' key is adjacent to the 's' key, and Bill was undoubtedly referring to his 'Magnum Opus', or - loosely translated - Life's Work - and not to an obscure village in New Zealand (nor to a slightly better known comic-strip character – also from the anti­podes – a certain flightless bird with an over­sized beak).

- Willie

p.s. "The 'A' key's adjacent to the 'S' key" reminded me of a popular song from my childhood - or possibly even earlier.
IIRC, it was called "Dry Bones", and the lyrics went something like this:
    'The toe bone's connected to the foot bone . . .
    'The foot bone's connected to the calf bone . . .
    'The calf bone's connected to the knee bone . . .
    'The knee bone's connected to the thigh bone . . .
    'The thigh bone's connected to the hip bone . . .
    'The hip bone's connected to the back bone . . .
    'The back bone's connected to the neck bone . . .
    'The neck bone's connected to the head bone . . .
    'The toe bone's connected to the foot bone . . .
    'An' de head bone's as empty as could be!!
   



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/27/2017 11:46PM by Johnson Barr.