Re: [Shaku] It's a shakuhachi, not a shak!

From: Karl Young (kyoung@itsa.ucsf.edu)
Date: Tue Jul 27 2004 - 15:19:04 PDT


Lucky re. your wife; that's not an appellation that comes up often
around my house (particularly when I come dragging in late from work and
start practicing right when she's trying to go to sleep !)

> Mine have been called everything from "Sack-a-hoochie" to
> "Sock-o-hatchee", mostly by the uninitiate. I generally call my flutes
> shakuhachi in reply to questions about it because the first contact
> should engender the information and respect deserved. I also call mine
> shaks among the intimate initiate. My wife calls them wonderful!
>
> If you understand, things are just as they are, if you don't
> understand, things are just as they are.

-- KY
Karl Young
University of California, SF Phone: (415) 221-4810 x3114 lab
VA Medical Center, MRS Unit (114M) (415) 750-9463 home
4150 Clement Street FAX: (415) 668-2864
San Francisco, CA 94121 Email: kyoung@itsa.ucsf.edu

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