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matilda Matilda Huggington-beare
WA
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matilda

Gidday Dilu, I'm back........ I found this site

www.geocities.com/vienna/4279/
                                                   and they said that Chopin died at the age of 39  with tuberculosis.
Is that what phthisic is??? :dance:  :dance:
Wendy bear_thumb

Daphne Back Road Bears
Laconia, NH USA
Posts: 6,568

Daphne

phthi·sis  (thss, t-) also phthis·ic (tzk, thz-)
n.
1. A disease characterized by the wasting away or atrophy of the body or a part of the body.
2. Tuberculosis of the lungs. No longer in scientific use.

I'm probably butting my nose in here but I felt like I had REALLY bad lisp trying to say that word outloud and got really curious as to whether you were making it up so had to go look!

shantell Apple Dumpling Designs
Willamette Valley Oregon
Posts: 3,128

shantell

Ha...

I'm still diggin' the word "conundrum"...  I'm afraid if I try to say THAT word in the heading I'll either spit all over or bite my tongue.   :crackup:   :crackup:

Daphne Back Road Bears
Laconia, NH USA
Posts: 6,568

Daphne

Definitely don't say it with crackers in your mouth!!!
bear_tongue  :crackup:

Aleta - The Silly Bear The Silly Bear
Portland, Oregon
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Aleta - The Silly Bear

Dee and Shantell,  bear_flower  bear_flower
You girls make me smile.  Thank you!

Warmest bear hugs,  :hug:
Aleta

Daphne Back Road Bears
Laconia, NH USA
Posts: 6,568

Daphne

Aren't smiles the best, Queen?

bear_grin  bear_grin  bear_grin
:hug:  :hug:

Aleta - The Silly Bear The Silly Bear
Portland, Oregon
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Aleta - The Silly Bear

Smiles ARE the best, Dee!!   bear_original

Hugs are pretty nice too!   :hug:
Queen

Acipenser Bine-Teddies
Stockholm
Posts: 862

Acipenser

:crackup:  :crackup:  :crackup:  :crackup:

Dilu Posts: 8,574

Dilu

Not as good as laughing your gluteus minimis off though.....Although saying Phthisic with crackers in your mouth does paint a wonderfully amusing mind picture.  Thanks Daphne!

Daph!!!

I am shocked....(not)....that you didn't believe me?  Phthisic  sounds like tizik, yep that was common usage as I was growing up, along with conumdrum and all the other odd or obsolete words I use.

Words and sewing were about all I had in common with Mom.

Matilda,

ain't it a shame he died so young?  He was a fab pianist ( I have read,) and great friends with Lizt.

Which I always find interesting.  Lizt wrote piano music that the average pianist would need three hands for-I think his hands must have been absolutely humongous.  And Chopin wasn't all that big at all.

My husband just got me a wonderful new CD-  A Chinese pianist,

LangLang

Any of you know him?  Unbelievable, he made me giggle witgh sheer joy through the Lizt because it was so fantabulous, and weep during some of the other pieces....the Chopin was pure poetry.

If you are into pianists, try him out....

I put the Lizt on and cook in the kitchen and I'm dancing around and chopping and crying and the hubs thinks its the onions, or cleaning and laughing and he wonders how he can get me to do the garage.....ha! Like that'll happen in this lifetime.   Ahh words and music......

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