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what's the relationship in opera between FOLLICULI FOLLICULAR and Funiculì Funiculà?
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bosod...@gmail.com
Jun 10, 2015, 1:52:37 AM6/10/15
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and how do you find it under Google Translate?
Peter T. Daniels
Jun 10, 2015, 7:57:10 AM6/10/15
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On Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at 1:52:37 AM UTC-4, bosod...@gmail.com wrote:
> and how do you find it under Google Translate?
The former doesn't exist?
> and how do you find it under Google Translate?
Would you consider sobering up before assaulting AUE, and also not putting
your nonsensical questions into the subject headings?
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Peter Duncanson [BrE]
Jun 10, 2015, 8:57:09 AM6/10/15
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On Tue, 9 Jun 2015 22:52:34 -0700 (PDT), bosod...@gmail.com wrote:
>and how do you find it under Google Translate?
It appears to be a mis-spelling. It might be a mistake or it might be a
>and how do you find it under Google Translate?
joke. This YouTube video of Danny Jones singing Funiculi Funicula is
titled Foliculi Folicula:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjS4ptWW2w0
That was his performance in week 4 of the UK TV competition "Popstar to
Operastar"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popstar_to_Operastar_%28series_1%29
--
Peter Duncanson, UK
(in alt.usage.english)
Peter T. Daniels
Jun 10, 2015, 10:42:51 AM6/10/15
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On Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at 8:57:09 AM UTC-4, PeterWD wrote:
> That was his performance in week 4 of the UK TV competition "Popstar to
> Operastar"
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popstar_to_Operastar_%28series_1%29
Oh, no. The world does _not_ need more Andrea Bocellis, Josh Grobans, Charlotte
> That was his performance in week 4 of the UK TV competition "Popstar to
> Operastar"
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popstar_to_Operastar_%28series_1%29
Churches, or Susan Boyles. I forget the name of the 11-year-old who almost won
AGT a couple years ago, but before classical CDs ceased to be sold in stores in
NYC in December 2013, I saw that she had an album out.
For the last several seasons of AGT there have been more than one attempt at
rendering "Nessun Dorma" (Pavarotti has a lot more to answer for than his own
lack of musicianship). The judges, having no frame of reference whatsoever,
always go gaga.
The vocal technique of singing with a microphone is utterly different from
singing unamplified to a large theater.
Traddict
Jun 10, 2015, 11:27:38 AM6/10/15
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"Peter Duncanson [BrE]" <ma...@peterduncanson.net> a écrit dans le message de
groupe de discussion : sgcgnad2ogg7oq7ab...@4ax.com...
> On Tue, 9 Jun 2015 22:52:34 -0700 (PDT), bosod...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>>and how do you find it under Google Translate?
>
> It appears to be a mis-spelling. It might be a mistake or it might be a
> joke.
Probably, but "Folicula" would be perfectly suited to the "Hair" rock opera.
>
>>and how do you find it under Google Translate?
>
> It appears to be a mis-spelling. It might be a mistake or it might be a
> joke.
Peter Duncanson [BrE]
Jun 10, 2015, 12:17:11 PM6/10/15
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On Wed, 10 Jun 2015 07:42:49 -0700 (PDT), "Peter T. Daniels"
<gram...@verizon.net> wrote:
>On Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at 8:57:09 AM UTC-4, PeterWD wrote:
>
>> That was his performance in week 4 of the UK TV competition "Popstar to
>> Operastar"
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popstar_to_Operastar_%28series_1%29
>
>Oh, no. The world does _not_ need more Andrea Bocellis, Josh Grobans, Charlotte
>Churches, or Susan Boyles.
Fear not! It was purely an entertainment show. It was not intended as a
<gram...@verizon.net> wrote:
>On Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at 8:57:09 AM UTC-4, PeterWD wrote:
>
>> That was his performance in week 4 of the UK TV competition "Popstar to
>> Operastar"
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popstar_to_Operastar_%28series_1%29
>
>Oh, no. The world does _not_ need more Andrea Bocellis, Josh Grobans, Charlotte
>Churches, or Susan Boyles.
starting point for a career singing opera.
> I forget the name of the 11-year-old who almost won
>AGT a couple years ago, but before classical CDs ceased to be sold in stores in
>NYC in December 2013, I saw that she had an album out.
>
>For the last several seasons of AGT there have been more than one attempt at
>rendering "Nessun Dorma" (Pavarotti has a lot more to answer for than his own
>lack of musicianship). The judges, having no frame of reference whatsoever,
>always go gaga.
>
>The vocal technique of singing with a microphone is utterly different from
>singing unamplified to a large theater.
Dr. HotSalt
Jun 10, 2015, 12:22:21 PM6/10/15
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On Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at 8:27:38 AM UTC-7, Traddict wrote:
> "Peter Duncanson [BrE]" <ma...@peterduncanson.net> a écrit dans le message de
> groupe de discussion : sgcgnad2ogg7oq7ab...@4ax.com...
> > On Tue, 9 Jun 2015 22:52:34 -0700 (PDT), bosod...@gmail.com wrote:
> >
> >>and how do you find it under Google Translate?
> >
> > It appears to be a mis-spelling. It might be a mistake or it might be a
> > joke.
>
> Probably, but "Folicula" would be perfectly suited to the "Hair" rock opera.
Yabbut, which hair band should do the soundtrack?
> "Peter Duncanson [BrE]" <ma...@peterduncanson.net> a écrit dans le message de
> groupe de discussion : sgcgnad2ogg7oq7ab...@4ax.com...
> > On Tue, 9 Jun 2015 22:52:34 -0700 (PDT), bosod...@gmail.com wrote:
> >
> >>and how do you find it under Google Translate?
> >
> > It appears to be a mis-spelling. It might be a mistake or it might be a
> > joke.
>
> Probably, but "Folicula" would be perfectly suited to the "Hair" rock opera.
Dr. HotSalt
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> Dr. HotSalt
bosod...@gmail.com
Jun 11, 2015, 5:09:16 PM6/11/15
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JoeyDee
Jun 11, 2015, 5:26:43 PM6/11/15
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'funicular.' There's an inherent pun based on li' and la', both words
meaning 'there.' It's a song about riding the funicular. Songs don't
always make sense or translate well into other languages.
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bosod...@gmail.com
Jun 11, 2015, 5:45:09 PM6/11/15
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On Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at 4:57:10 AM UTC-7, Peter T. Daniels wrote:
Phil Carmody
Jun 11, 2015, 5:50:31 PM6/11/15
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style's roots.
Phil
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Jun 11, 2015, 8:37:21 PM6/11/15
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Jun 12, 2015, 12:18:25 AM6/12/15
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CDB
Jun 12, 2015, 8:37:12 AM6/12/15
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On 11/06/2015 5:09 PM, bosod...@gmail.com wrote:
construction of a funicular railway up Vesuvius. Apparently "lì" and
"là" both mean "there" in Italian, but my guess at the meaning of the
title is that the "lì--là" alternation was intended to recall pairs
like "qui--là". Funuculars here, funiculars there. Or maybe the
writers are just having fun with a weighted and a thinned version of
"funiculare". Obladi, oblada.
Wikipedia is usually your friend in these situations.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funicul%C3%AC,_Funicul%C3%A0
ObWayback: When I listened to the clip you posted at the start of this
discussion (titled "Folliculi ..."), I heard those words pronounced with
[n], not [l]. That written version may mean little more than <dur>.
> Peter T. Daniels wrote:
>> bosod...@gmail.com wrote:
>>> and how do you find it under Google Translate?
>> The former doesn't exist?
>> Would you consider sobering up before assaulting AUE, and also not
>> putting your nonsensical questions into the subject headings?
> Yeah but I still don't know what Funiculì Funiculà means in English?
It isn't opera. It's an exuberant popular song celebrating the
>> bosod...@gmail.com wrote:
>>> and how do you find it under Google Translate?
>> The former doesn't exist?
>> Would you consider sobering up before assaulting AUE, and also not
>> putting your nonsensical questions into the subject headings?
> Yeah but I still don't know what Funiculì Funiculà means in English?
construction of a funicular railway up Vesuvius. Apparently "lì" and
"là" both mean "there" in Italian, but my guess at the meaning of the
title is that the "lì--là" alternation was intended to recall pairs
like "qui--là". Funuculars here, funiculars there. Or maybe the
writers are just having fun with a weighted and a thinned version of
"funiculare". Obladi, oblada.
Wikipedia is usually your friend in these situations.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funicul%C3%AC,_Funicul%C3%A0
ObWayback: When I listened to the clip you posted at the start of this
discussion (titled "Folliculi ..."), I heard those words pronounced with
[n], not [l]. That written version may mean little more than <dur>.
Katy Jennison
Jun 12, 2015, 8:55:12 AM6/12/15
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On 12/06/2015 13:37, CDB wrote:
> On 11/06/2015 5:09 PM, bosod...@gmail.com wrote:
>> Peter T. Daniels wrote:
>>> bosod...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>>>> and how do you find it under Google Translate?
>
>>> The former doesn't exist?
>
>>> Would you consider sobering up before assaulting AUE, and also not
>>> putting your nonsensical questions into the subject headings?
>
>> Yeah but I still don't know what Funiculì Funiculà means in English?
>
> It isn't opera. It's an exuberant popular song celebrating the
> construction of a funicular railway up Vesuvius. Apparently "lì" and
> "là" both mean "there" in Italian, but my guess at the meaning of the
> title is that the "lì--là" alternation was intended to recall pairs
> like "qui--là". Funuculars here, funiculars there. Or maybe the
> writers are just having fun with a weighted and a thinned version of
> "funiculare". Obladi, oblada.
And it isn't even there any more.
> On 11/06/2015 5:09 PM, bosod...@gmail.com wrote:
>> Peter T. Daniels wrote:
>>> bosod...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>>>> and how do you find it under Google Translate?
>
>>> The former doesn't exist?
>
>>> Would you consider sobering up before assaulting AUE, and also not
>>> putting your nonsensical questions into the subject headings?
>
>> Yeah but I still don't know what Funiculì Funiculà means in English?
>
> It isn't opera. It's an exuberant popular song celebrating the
> construction of a funicular railway up Vesuvius. Apparently "lì" and
> "là" both mean "there" in Italian, but my guess at the meaning of the
> title is that the "lì--là" alternation was intended to recall pairs
> like "qui--là". Funuculars here, funiculars there. Or maybe the
> writers are just having fun with a weighted and a thinned version of
> "funiculare". Obladi, oblada.
--
Katy Jennison
CDB
Jun 12, 2015, 9:18:08 AM6/12/15
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On 12/06/2015 8:55 AM, Katy Jennison wrote:
As with too many things follicular.
Traddict
Jun 12, 2015, 9:46:00 AM6/12/15
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"CDB" <belle...@gmail.com> a écrit dans le message de groupe de
discussion : mlejpj$7if$1...@speranza.aioe.org...
> On 11/06/2015 5:09 PM, bosod...@gmail.com wrote:
>> Peter T. Daniels wrote:
>>> bosod...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>>>> and how do you find it under Google Translate?
>
>>> The former doesn't exist?
>
>>> Would you consider sobering up before assaulting AUE, and also not
>>> putting your nonsensical questions into the subject headings?
>
>> Yeah but I still don't know what Funiculì Funiculà means in English?
>
> It isn't opera. It's an exuberant popular song celebrating the
> construction of a funicular railway up Vesuvius. Apparently "lì" and
> "là" both mean "there" in Italian, but my guess at the meaning of the
> title is that the "lì--là" alternation was intended to recall pairs
> like "qui--là".
The Fench pair is "(i)ci-là". As a matter of fact "funiculi-funicula" is a
>> Peter T. Daniels wrote:
>>> bosod...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>>>> and how do you find it under Google Translate?
>
>>> The former doesn't exist?
>
>>> Would you consider sobering up before assaulting AUE, and also not
>>> putting your nonsensical questions into the subject headings?
>
>> Yeah but I still don't know what Funiculì Funiculà means in English?
>
> It isn't opera. It's an exuberant popular song celebrating the
> construction of a funicular railway up Vesuvius. Apparently "lì" and
> "là" both mean "there" in Italian, but my guess at the meaning of the
> title is that the "lì--là" alternation was intended to recall pairs
> like "qui--là".
direct, jocular, reference to "Figaro ci-Figaro là" found in Mozart's opera
"The Marriage of Figaro".
CDB
Jun 12, 2015, 10:17:19 AM6/12/15
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On 12/06/2015 9:45 AM, Traddict wrote:
> "CDB" <belle...@gmail.com> a écrit:
Rossini opera?), but I decided the different stress-patterns and
placement of the corresponding phrases didn't justify a guess. That
isn't to say I think you're wrong.
*Looking that up, as I usually try to do before sending, I find that
"largo" is not the musical term, used ironically for a frenetic piece,
but Italian for "make a space". LAL.
[...]
> "CDB" <belle...@gmail.com> a écrit:
>> bosod...@gmail.com wrote:
>>> Peter T. Daniels wrote:
>>>> bosod...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>>> and how do you find it under Google Translate?
>>>> The former doesn't exist?
>>>> Would you consider sobering up before assaulting AUE, and also not
>>>> putting your nonsensical questions into the subject headings?
>>> Yeah but I still don't know what Funiculì Funiculà means in English?
>> It isn't opera. It's an exuberant popular song celebrating the
>> construction of a funicular railway up Vesuvius. Apparently "lì" and
>> "là" both mean "there" in Italian, but my guess at the meaning of the
>> title is that the "lì--là" alternation was intended to recall pairs
>> like "qui--là".
> The Fench pair is "(i)ci-là". As a matter of fact "funiculi-funicula" is
> a direct, jocular, reference to "Figaro ci-Figaro là" found in Mozart's
> opera "The Marriage of Figaro".
I wondered about that (but isn't it from "Largo al Factotum"* in the
>>> Peter T. Daniels wrote:
>>>> bosod...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>>> and how do you find it under Google Translate?
>>>> The former doesn't exist?
>>>> Would you consider sobering up before assaulting AUE, and also not
>>>> putting your nonsensical questions into the subject headings?
>>> Yeah but I still don't know what Funiculì Funiculà means in English?
>> It isn't opera. It's an exuberant popular song celebrating the
>> construction of a funicular railway up Vesuvius. Apparently "lì" and
>> "là" both mean "there" in Italian, but my guess at the meaning of the
>> title is that the "lì--là" alternation was intended to recall pairs
>> like "qui--là".
> The Fench pair is "(i)ci-là". As a matter of fact "funiculi-funicula" is
> a direct, jocular, reference to "Figaro ci-Figaro là" found in Mozart's
> opera "The Marriage of Figaro".
Rossini opera?), but I decided the different stress-patterns and
placement of the corresponding phrases didn't justify a guess. That
isn't to say I think you're wrong.
*Looking that up, as I usually try to do before sending, I find that
"largo" is not the musical term, used ironically for a frenetic piece,
but Italian for "make a space". LAL.
[...]
Traddict
Jun 12, 2015, 11:14:44 AM6/12/15
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discussion : mlepkh$m27$1...@speranza.aioe.org...
> On 12/06/2015 9:45 AM, Traddict wrote:
>> "CDB" <belle...@gmail.com> a écrit:
>>> bosod...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>> Peter T. Daniels wrote:
>>>>> bosod...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>>>>>> and how do you find it under Google Translate?
>
>>>>> The former doesn't exist?
>
>>>>> Would you consider sobering up before assaulting AUE, and also not
>>>>> putting your nonsensical questions into the subject headings?
>
>>>> Yeah but I still don't know what Funiculì Funiculà means in English?
>
>>> It isn't opera. It's an exuberant popular song celebrating the
>>> construction of a funicular railway up Vesuvius. Apparently "lì" and
>>> "là" both mean "there" in Italian, but my guess at the meaning of the
>>> title is that the "lì--là" alternation was intended to recall pairs
>>> like "qui--là".
>
>> The Fench pair is "(i)ci-là". As a matter of fact "funiculi-funicula" is
>> a direct, jocular, reference to "Figaro ci-Figaro là" found in Mozart's
>> opera "The Marriage of Figaro".
>
> I wondered about that (but isn't it from "Largo al Factotum"* in the
> Rossini opera?),
You're right, it is, my mistake.
>> "CDB" <belle...@gmail.com> a écrit:
>>> bosod...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>> Peter T. Daniels wrote:
>>>>> bosod...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>>>>>> and how do you find it under Google Translate?
>
>>>>> The former doesn't exist?
>
>>>>> Would you consider sobering up before assaulting AUE, and also not
>>>>> putting your nonsensical questions into the subject headings?
>
>>>> Yeah but I still don't know what Funiculì Funiculà means in English?
>
>>> It isn't opera. It's an exuberant popular song celebrating the
>>> construction of a funicular railway up Vesuvius. Apparently "lì" and
>>> "là" both mean "there" in Italian, but my guess at the meaning of the
>>> title is that the "lì--là" alternation was intended to recall pairs
>>> like "qui--là".
>
>> The Fench pair is "(i)ci-là". As a matter of fact "funiculi-funicula" is
>> a direct, jocular, reference to "Figaro ci-Figaro là" found in Mozart's
>> opera "The Marriage of Figaro".
>
> I wondered about that (but isn't it from "Largo al Factotum"* in the
> Rossini opera?),
chaves...@gmail.com
Jul 2, 2018, 12:02:49 PM7/2/18
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IT'S A RIDE, LIKE AN ELEVATOR, BUT SCARY LIKE A ROLLER COASTER. FEELS AS IF YOU'RE GOING STRAIGHT DOWN AT GREAT SPEED. WAS ON IT IN PORTO, PORTUGAL, BUT CAN'T THINK OF THE NAME. SOUNDS LIKE FERNICULA, FURNICULA? DON'T KNOW HOW TO SPELL IT OR CORRECT NAME.
PLEASE HELP.....
PLEASE HELP.....
Mack A. Damia
Jul 2, 2018, 12:21:51 PM7/2/18
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On Mon, 2 Jul 2018 09:02:46 -0700 (PDT), chaves...@gmail.com
wrote:
>IT'S A RIDE, LIKE AN ELEVATOR, BUT SCARY LIKE A ROLLER COASTER. FEELS AS IF YOU'RE GOING STRAIGHT DOWN AT GREAT SPEED. WAS ON IT IN PORTO, PORTUGAL, BUT CAN'T THINK OF THE NAME. SOUNDS LIKE FERNICULA, FURNICULA? DON'T KNOW HOW TO SPELL IT OR CORRECT NAME.
>
>PLEASE HELP.....
This?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XW0W7j04iRQ
wrote:
>IT'S A RIDE, LIKE AN ELEVATOR, BUT SCARY LIKE A ROLLER COASTER. FEELS AS IF YOU'RE GOING STRAIGHT DOWN AT GREAT SPEED. WAS ON IT IN PORTO, PORTUGAL, BUT CAN'T THINK OF THE NAME. SOUNDS LIKE FERNICULA, FURNICULA? DON'T KNOW HOW TO SPELL IT OR CORRECT NAME.
>
>PLEASE HELP.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XW0W7j04iRQ
John Varela
Jul 2, 2018, 12:56:29 PM7/2/18
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On Mon, 2 Jul 2018 16:02:46 UTC, chaves...@gmail.com wrote:
> IT'S A RIDE, LIKE AN ELEVATOR, BUT SCARY LIKE A ROLLER COASTER. FEELS AS IF YOU'RE GOING STRAIGHT DOWN AT GREAT SPEED. WAS ON IT IN PORTO, PORTUGAL, BUT CAN'T THINK OF THE NAME. SOUNDS LIKE FERNICULA, FURNICULA? DON'T KNOW HOW TO SPELL IT OR CORRECT NAME.
>
> PLEASE HELP.....
Funicular railroad. Dictionary definition: "a cable railroad,
> IT'S A RIDE, LIKE AN ELEVATOR, BUT SCARY LIKE A ROLLER COASTER. FEELS AS IF YOU'RE GOING STRAIGHT DOWN AT GREAT SPEED. WAS ON IT IN PORTO, PORTUGAL, BUT CAN'T THINK OF THE NAME. SOUNDS LIKE FERNICULA, FURNICULA? DON'T KNOW HOW TO SPELL IT OR CORRECT NAME.
>
> PLEASE HELP.....
especially one on a mountainside, in which ascending and descending
cars are counterbalanced."
My wife hates anything of the sort. I got her to go on the one at
Montserrat, in Catalunya, and while descending she turned to me and
said, "When we get to the bottom I'm going to kill you." AFTER we
got to the bottom, but not before.
--
John Varela
Athel Cornish-Bowden
Jul 2, 2018, 1:11:32 PM7/2/18
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athel
Mack A. Damia
Jul 2, 2018, 1:36:22 PM7/2/18
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https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g189180-d2470983-Reviews-Funicular_dos_Guindais-Porto_Porto_District_Northern_Portugal.html
Ken Blake
Jul 2, 2018, 2:17:59 PM7/2/18
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On 2 Jul 2018 16:56:26 GMT, "John Varela" <newl...@verizon.net>
wrote:
>On Mon, 2 Jul 2018 16:02:46 UTC, chaves...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> IT'S A RIDE, LIKE AN ELEVATOR, BUT SCARY LIKE A ROLLER COASTER. FEELS AS IF YOU'RE GOING STRAIGHT DOWN AT GREAT SPEED. WAS ON IT IN PORTO, PORTUGAL, BUT CAN'T THINK OF THE NAME. SOUNDS LIKE FERNICULA, FURNICULA? DON'T KNOW HOW TO SPELL IT OR CORRECT NAME.
>>
>> PLEASE HELP.....
>
>Funicular railroad. Dictionary definition: "a cable railroad,
>especially one on a mountainside, in which ascending and descending
>cars are counterbalanced."
Yes, but unlike an elevator, it goes at a 45 degree or so angle, not
straight up and down.
Some think the world is made for fun and frolic,
And so do I! And so do I!
Some think it well to be all melancholic,
To pine and sigh; to pine and sigh;
But I, I love to spend my time in singing,
Some joyous song, some joyous song,
To set the air with music bravely ringing
Is far from wrong! Is far from wrong!
Harken, harken, music sounds a-far!
Harken, harken, with a happy heart!
Funiculì, funiculà, funiculì, funiculà!
Joy is everywhere, funiculì, funiculà!
wrote:
>On Mon, 2 Jul 2018 16:02:46 UTC, chaves...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> IT'S A RIDE, LIKE AN ELEVATOR, BUT SCARY LIKE A ROLLER COASTER. FEELS AS IF YOU'RE GOING STRAIGHT DOWN AT GREAT SPEED. WAS ON IT IN PORTO, PORTUGAL, BUT CAN'T THINK OF THE NAME. SOUNDS LIKE FERNICULA, FURNICULA? DON'T KNOW HOW TO SPELL IT OR CORRECT NAME.
>>
>> PLEASE HELP.....
>
>Funicular railroad. Dictionary definition: "a cable railroad,
>especially one on a mountainside, in which ascending and descending
>cars are counterbalanced."
straight up and down.
Some think the world is made for fun and frolic,
And so do I! And so do I!
Some think it well to be all melancholic,
To pine and sigh; to pine and sigh;
But I, I love to spend my time in singing,
Some joyous song, some joyous song,
To set the air with music bravely ringing
Is far from wrong! Is far from wrong!
Harken, harken, music sounds a-far!
Harken, harken, with a happy heart!
Funiculì, funiculà, funiculì, funiculà!
Joy is everywhere, funiculì, funiculà!
RH Draney
Jul 2, 2018, 2:51:27 PM7/2/18
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On 7/2/2018 11:17 AM, Ken Blake wrote:
> On 2 Jul 2018 16:56:26 GMT, "John Varela" <newl...@verizon.net>
> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 2 Jul 2018 16:02:46 UTC, chaves...@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>> IT'S A RIDE, LIKE AN ELEVATOR, BUT SCARY LIKE A ROLLER COASTER. FEELS AS IF YOU'RE GOING STRAIGHT DOWN AT GREAT SPEED. WAS ON IT IN PORTO, PORTUGAL, BUT CAN'T THINK OF THE NAME. SOUNDS LIKE FERNICULA, FURNICULA? DON'T KNOW HOW TO SPELL IT OR CORRECT NAME.
>>
> On 2 Jul 2018 16:56:26 GMT, "John Varela" <newl...@verizon.net>
> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 2 Jul 2018 16:02:46 UTC, chaves...@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>> IT'S A RIDE, LIKE AN ELEVATOR, BUT SCARY LIKE A ROLLER COASTER. FEELS AS IF YOU'RE GOING STRAIGHT DOWN AT GREAT SPEED. WAS ON IT IN PORTO, PORTUGAL, BUT CAN'T THINK OF THE NAME. SOUNDS LIKE FERNICULA, FURNICULA? DON'T KNOW HOW TO SPELL IT OR CORRECT NAME.
>>
>> Funicular railroad. Dictionary definition: "a cable railroad,
>> especially one on a mountainside, in which ascending and descending
>> cars are counterbalanced."
>
> Yes, but unlike an elevator, it goes at a 45 degree or so angle, not
> straight up and down.
And not, in my experience, particularly frightening...the landmark
>> especially one on a mountainside, in which ascending and descending
>> cars are counterbalanced."
>
> Yes, but unlike an elevator, it goes at a 45 degree or so angle, not
> straight up and down.
"Angels Flight" in Los Angeles was one such:
https://youtu.be/0d64oEDOhu4
....r
Ken Blake
Jul 2, 2018, 3:17:18 PM7/2/18
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On Mon, 2 Jul 2018 11:51:06 -0700, RH Draney <dado...@cox.net> wrote:
>On 7/2/2018 11:17 AM, Ken Blake wrote:
>> On 2 Jul 2018 16:56:26 GMT, "John Varela" <newl...@verizon.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 2 Jul 2018 16:02:46 UTC, chaves...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> IT'S A RIDE, LIKE AN ELEVATOR, BUT SCARY LIKE A ROLLER COASTER. FEELS AS IF YOU'RE GOING STRAIGHT DOWN AT GREAT SPEED. WAS ON IT IN PORTO, PORTUGAL, BUT CAN'T THINK OF THE NAME. SOUNDS LIKE FERNICULA, FURNICULA? DON'T KNOW HOW TO SPELL IT OR CORRECT NAME.
>>>
>>> Funicular railroad. Dictionary definition: "a cable railroad,
>>> especially one on a mountainside, in which ascending and descending
>>> cars are counterbalanced."
>>
>> Yes, but unlike an elevator, it goes at a 45 degree or so angle, not
>> straight up and down.
>
>And not, in my experience, particularly frightening...
Ditto.
>On 7/2/2018 11:17 AM, Ken Blake wrote:
>> On 2 Jul 2018 16:56:26 GMT, "John Varela" <newl...@verizon.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 2 Jul 2018 16:02:46 UTC, chaves...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> IT'S A RIDE, LIKE AN ELEVATOR, BUT SCARY LIKE A ROLLER COASTER. FEELS AS IF YOU'RE GOING STRAIGHT DOWN AT GREAT SPEED. WAS ON IT IN PORTO, PORTUGAL, BUT CAN'T THINK OF THE NAME. SOUNDS LIKE FERNICULA, FURNICULA? DON'T KNOW HOW TO SPELL IT OR CORRECT NAME.
>>>
>>> Funicular railroad. Dictionary definition: "a cable railroad,
>>> especially one on a mountainside, in which ascending and descending
>>> cars are counterbalanced."
>>
>> Yes, but unlike an elevator, it goes at a 45 degree or so angle, not
>> straight up and down.
>
>And not, in my experience, particularly frightening...
Peter Moylan
Jul 3, 2018, 10:28:39 AM7/3/18
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Your Caps Lock key appears to be stuck, by the way.
--
Peter Moylan http://www.pmoylan.org
Newcastle, NSW, Australia
John Varela
Jul 4, 2018, 7:13:43 PM7/4/18
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On Mon, 2 Jul 2018 18:17:54 UTC, Ken Blake <K...@invalid.news.com>
wrote:
> On 2 Jul 2018 16:56:26 GMT, "John Varela" <newl...@verizon.net>
> wrote:
>
> >On Mon, 2 Jul 2018 16:02:46 UTC, chaves...@gmail.com wrote:
> >
> >> IT'S A RIDE, LIKE AN ELEVATOR, BUT SCARY LIKE A ROLLER COASTER. FEELS AS IF YOU'RE GOING STRAIGHT DOWN AT GREAT SPEED. WAS ON IT IN PORTO, PORTUGAL, BUT CAN'T THINK OF THE NAME. SOUNDS LIKE FERNICULA, FURNICULA? DON'T KNOW HOW TO SPELL IT OR CORRECT NAME.
> >>
> >> PLEASE HELP.....
> >
> >Funicular railroad. Dictionary definition: "a cable railroad,
> >especially one on a mountainside, in which ascending and descending
> >cars are counterbalanced."
>
> Yes, but unlike an elevator, it goes at a 45 degree or so angle, not
> straight up and down.
Neither I nor the dictionary said or implied verticality. Your
typical mountainside is not vertical, and elevators do not run on
rails, at least, none that I've seen.
--
John Varela
wrote:
> On 2 Jul 2018 16:56:26 GMT, "John Varela" <newl...@verizon.net>
> wrote:
>
> >On Mon, 2 Jul 2018 16:02:46 UTC, chaves...@gmail.com wrote:
> >
> >> IT'S A RIDE, LIKE AN ELEVATOR, BUT SCARY LIKE A ROLLER COASTER. FEELS AS IF YOU'RE GOING STRAIGHT DOWN AT GREAT SPEED. WAS ON IT IN PORTO, PORTUGAL, BUT CAN'T THINK OF THE NAME. SOUNDS LIKE FERNICULA, FURNICULA? DON'T KNOW HOW TO SPELL IT OR CORRECT NAME.
> >>
> >> PLEASE HELP.....
> >
> >Funicular railroad. Dictionary definition: "a cable railroad,
> >especially one on a mountainside, in which ascending and descending
> >cars are counterbalanced."
>
> Yes, but unlike an elevator, it goes at a 45 degree or so angle, not
> straight up and down.
typical mountainside is not vertical, and elevators do not run on
rails, at least, none that I've seen.
--
John Varela
John Varela
Jul 4, 2018, 7:19:50 PM7/4/18
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And incidentally, we've been on the one in Porto that so frightened
the OP and it didn't bother the wife at all. The Porto one is
short, about like the one at Montmartre, and originates at sea
level, unlike the one at Montserrat.
--
John Varela
Ken Blake
Jul 4, 2018, 7:39:34 PM7/4/18
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On 4 Jul 2018 23:13:40 GMT, "John Varela" <newl...@verizon.net>
STRAIGHT DOWN AT GREAT SPEED" and that's what my point was about.
wrote:
>On Mon, 2 Jul 2018 18:17:54 UTC, Ken Blake <K...@invalid.news.com>
>wrote:
>
>> On 2 Jul 2018 16:56:26 GMT, "John Varela" <newl...@verizon.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >On Mon, 2 Jul 2018 16:02:46 UTC, chaves...@gmail.com wrote:
>> >
>> >> IT'S A RIDE, LIKE AN ELEVATOR, BUT SCARY LIKE A ROLLER COASTER. FEELS AS IF YOU'RE GOING STRAIGHT DOWN AT GREAT SPEED. WAS ON IT IN PORTO, PORTUGAL, BUT CAN'T THINK OF THE NAME. SOUNDS LIKE FERNICULA, FURNICULA? DON'T KNOW HOW TO SPELL IT OR CORRECT NAME.
>> >>
>> >> PLEASE HELP.....
>> >
>> >Funicular railroad. Dictionary definition: "a cable railroad,
>> >especially one on a mountainside, in which ascending and descending
>> >cars are counterbalanced."
>>
>> Yes, but unlike an elevator, it goes at a 45 degree or so angle, not
>> straight up and down.
>
>Neither I nor the dictionary said or implied verticality. Your
>typical mountainside is not vertical, and elevators do not run on
>rails, at least, none that I've seen.
Right. But chaves...@gmail.com said "FEELS AS IF YOU'RE GOING
>On Mon, 2 Jul 2018 18:17:54 UTC, Ken Blake <K...@invalid.news.com>
>wrote:
>
>> On 2 Jul 2018 16:56:26 GMT, "John Varela" <newl...@verizon.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >On Mon, 2 Jul 2018 16:02:46 UTC, chaves...@gmail.com wrote:
>> >
>> >> IT'S A RIDE, LIKE AN ELEVATOR, BUT SCARY LIKE A ROLLER COASTER. FEELS AS IF YOU'RE GOING STRAIGHT DOWN AT GREAT SPEED. WAS ON IT IN PORTO, PORTUGAL, BUT CAN'T THINK OF THE NAME. SOUNDS LIKE FERNICULA, FURNICULA? DON'T KNOW HOW TO SPELL IT OR CORRECT NAME.
>> >>
>> >> PLEASE HELP.....
>> >
>> >Funicular railroad. Dictionary definition: "a cable railroad,
>> >especially one on a mountainside, in which ascending and descending
>> >cars are counterbalanced."
>>
>> Yes, but unlike an elevator, it goes at a 45 degree or so angle, not
>> straight up and down.
>
>Neither I nor the dictionary said or implied verticality. Your
>typical mountainside is not vertical, and elevators do not run on
>rails, at least, none that I've seen.
STRAIGHT DOWN AT GREAT SPEED" and that's what my point was about.
Mark Brader
Jul 5, 2018, 7:21:26 PM7/5/18
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John Varela:
> and elevators do not run on rails, at least, none that I've seen.
Depends on what you mean by "on". Vertical rails guide the elevator car
(or "cab") but, of course, do not support its weight.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AlT99i97qoA/T3ncc2eaeKI/AAAAAAAABhc/dfgOCIrGA5U/s1600/gearless+1.JPG
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AH1TSx3Dl_w/T4RlER5BPyI/AAAAAAAABmM/-SuvOQ3lcsw/s1600/main+components+of+elevator.JPG
http://cdn.britannica.com/700x450/80/99780-004-22418549.jpg
Using rails in this way seems only sensible, but I'm no expert on elevators
and don't know if there are also designs that don't use them.
--
Mark Brader "Never re-invent the wheel unnecessarily;
Toronto yours may have corners."
m...@vex.net -- Henry Spencer
My text in this article is in the public domain.
> Your typical mountainside is not vertical,
Indeed.
> and elevators do not run on rails, at least, none that I've seen.
(or "cab") but, of course, do not support its weight.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AlT99i97qoA/T3ncc2eaeKI/AAAAAAAABhc/dfgOCIrGA5U/s1600/gearless+1.JPG
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AH1TSx3Dl_w/T4RlER5BPyI/AAAAAAAABmM/-SuvOQ3lcsw/s1600/main+components+of+elevator.JPG
http://cdn.britannica.com/700x450/80/99780-004-22418549.jpg
Using rails in this way seems only sensible, but I'm no expert on elevators
and don't know if there are also designs that don't use them.
--
Mark Brader "Never re-invent the wheel unnecessarily;
Toronto yours may have corners."
m...@vex.net -- Henry Spencer
My text in this article is in the public domain.
mauro...@gmail.com
Jan 5, 2020, 2:12:13 PM1/5/20
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As part of my italian heritage, i can swear to you that the whole song is a pun. It has a hidden sexual joke, typical of southern europe humor. That's probably the reason it was very popular at that time. It tells a story of a boy trying to bring his girl to a ride. "Lì" and "Là" can be both be translated as "there", but Lì is a little closer, so in English you can translate them as "here" and "there". Funiculare, as you all know, was the cable train, a fun thing to visit at that time. But, when saying it rapidly, "Funiculì, Funiculà" becames indistinguishable from "fornico lì, fornico là". I don't need to translate this because we have related english words such as "fornicate". It is worth mentioning however, that the italian verb implies pre-marital sex, that was the sole meaning back then. This meaning becamoes even clear after this part at the end of the song: "Stu core canta sempe nu taluorno: Sposamme, oje né! Sposamme, oje né!", which is translated as "My heart is singing the same refrain: We should be wed! We should be wed!"
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