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Topic: Did you know? #2  (Read 1809 times)

Offline njalli

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Did you know? #2
on: March 16, 2009, 10:30:28 PM
Did you know that chopin never puplished hes Fantasie impromptu, one of hes most famous work. Few years after hes death one of hes closest friends, Jules Fontana Published for him.

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Re: Did you know? #2
Reply #1 on: March 17, 2009, 07:35:45 AM
to whom, i believe, it was written for

Offline lau

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Re: Did you know? #2
Reply #2 on: March 18, 2009, 02:44:55 AM
i mentioned that to my teacher but i don't think he believed me. I thought the reasons were maybe because he didn't like it cuz of the repetitiveness or something or copying some measure from the 3rd movement from beethoven's moonlight.
i'm not asian

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Re: Did you know? #2
Reply #3 on: March 18, 2009, 06:40:05 AM
I thought the reasons were maybe because he didn't like it cuz of the repetitiveness or something or copying some measure from the 3rd movement from beethoven's moonlight.

Do you think about what comes out of your mouth (or hands in this case) before saying it?

Offline lau

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Re: Did you know? #2
Reply #4 on: March 23, 2009, 02:53:27 AM
Do you think about what comes out of your mouth (or hands in this case) before saying it?

i honestly do not know what i  did wrong here, did it sound stupid or something? you are very condescending
i'm not asian

Offline jlh

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Re: Did you know? #2
Reply #5 on: March 23, 2009, 03:48:50 AM
More importantly... "Who does #2 work for?!"  :P
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Re: Did you know? #2
Reply #6 on: March 23, 2009, 07:45:23 AM
Did you know that Liszt's daughter once kissed Hitler??

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Offline retrouvailles

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Re: Did you know? #2
Reply #7 on: March 23, 2009, 09:10:29 AM
i honestly do not know what i  did wrong here, did it sound stupid or something? you are very condescending

It just sounded incredibly stupid.

Offline lau

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Re: Did you know? #2
Reply #8 on: March 23, 2009, 04:52:30 PM
It just sounded incredibly stupid.

well i didn't want it to sound like i knew it all, so i wanted to make it sound like i was unsure of myself, because i was.
i'm not asian
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