[Buddha-l] Re: liturgical languages

[Richard P. Hayes]

On Fri, 2005-04-29 at 16:38 -0600, jkirk wrote:

> Reading this (RH, below) you'd think nobody had ever reported
> anything from first-hand experience about Theravadin chanting
> that disagrees with your take on it.

I can't figure out why you think that, but you're welcome to your
opinions.

> I said that what I heard was melodious and beautiful, and I do not
> have a tin ear. 

Very well. You have heard beautiful chanting. I hereby acknowledge your
observation.

> I implied that the monks had not deliberately, or otherwise, made
> their unison chanting cacophonous.

Not all monks do, as has been abundantly acknowledged several times.
Chanting styles vary considerably, even within Myanmar.

> I guess that makes you a true intellectual, indifferent to your
> list-surroundings.

I guess so, eh?

-- 
Richard Hayes
Department of Philosophy
University of New Mexico