Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Ma che vuol dire il verbo "e-bow" (da una canzone dei REM)?

Non l'ho trovato da nessuna parte. Cos'è una sigla, un'abbreviazione,
o che altro?
Aiutatemi!
Paolo

Paolo Montanelli ha scritto:
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E' una specie di archetto (bow) elettrico per le chitarre.
Vedi 
http://www.ebow.com/index.html
.
Mary 
-- 
"I'm learning to play the guitar," said Tom fretfully.

> E' una specie di archetto (bow) elettrico per le chitarre.
E allora che vuol dire "E-bow the letter"?
"Elettrarchizza la lettera?"
"Archetto, la lettera"
Boh!

 o che altro?
Caro Paolo, se vuoi confonderti ulteriormente le idee, ecco qui:
E-bow the letter
Look up, what do you see?
All of you and all of me
Fluorescent and starry
Some of them, they surprise
The bus ride, I went to write this, 4:00 a.m.
This letter
Fields of poppies, littie pearls
All the boys and all the girls sweet-toothed
Each and every one a little scary
I said your name
I wore it like a badge of teenage film stars
Hash bars, cherry mash and tinfoil tiaras
Dreaming of Maria Callas
Whoever she is
This fame thing, I don't get it
I wrap my hand in plastic to try to look through it
Maybelline eyes and girl-as-boy moves
I can take you far
This star thing, I don't get it
I'll take you over there
I'll take you over there
Aluminum, tastes like fear
Adrenaline, it pulls us near
I'll take you over there
lt tastes like fear,
I'll take you over there
Will you live to 83?
Will you ever welcome me?
Will you show me something that
nobody else has seen?
Smoke it, drink
Here comes the flood
Anything to thin the blood
These corrosives do their magic
slowly and sweet
Phone, eat it, drink
Just another chink
Cuts and dents, they catch the light
Aluminum, the weakest link
I don't want to disappoint you
I'm not here to anoint you
I would lick your feet
But is that the sickest move?
I wear my own crown and sadness and sorrow
And who'd have thought tomorrow
could be so strange?
My loss, and here we go again
I'll take you over there
I'll take you over there
Aluminum, tastes like fear
Adrenaline, it pulls us near
I'll take you over there
It tastes like fear
It pulls us near
Look up, what do you see?
All of you and all of me
Fluorescent and starry
Some of them, they surprise
I can't look it in the eyes
Seconal, spanish fly, absinthe, kerosene
Cherry-flavored neck and collar
I can smell the sorrow on your breath
The sweat, the victory and sorrow
The smell of fear, I got it
I'll take you over, there
I'll take you over, there
Aluminum, tastes like fear
Adrenaline, it pulls us near
I'll take you over
It tastes like fear
I'll take you over there
Pulls us near
Tastes like fear..
Nearer, nearer
over, over, over, over there
Yeah, look over
I'll take you there, oh, yeah
I'll take you there
Oh, over
I'll take you there
Over, let me
I'll take you there..
There, there, baby, yeah
Ciao
Anna

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Dear Paolo,
I trust you can appreciate how helpful it would be to others trying to
clarify linguistic queries, if you could quote the phrase/words in doubt in
their complete context. It makes a world of difference. Thanks to Anna
for having done so.
I remain, as always, ecc., ecc.,
Bambi
dtb

 "Archetto, la lettera"
salve,
per quanto ne so io, l'e-bow č appunto l'archetto usato da Peter Buck
nella canzone "E-Bow the Letter". esso č citato nel titolo solo per
questo. "The Letter" č la lettera che Stipe si immagina di scrivere (o
scrive) a Patti Smith. per farla breve, il titolo unisce due oggetti che
non hanno alcun legame! :-)
Paolo

 non hanno alcun legame! :-)
Dear Paolo,
yours is the most complete and satisfying answer to the other Paolo's
question: I really wouldn't call this being OT, would you, Iclings?
I didn't know The Letter was addressed to Patti.
You live, you learn (but that's another song entirely)...
Thank you
Anna

 You live, you learn (but that's another song entirely)...
Hi Anna,
I thought my reply was off-topic because it was more focused on the R.E.M.'s
song than on an proper question about English language.
Besides, I've just discovered this newsgroup and I didn't know its "rules"...
you know, in many other newsgroup being slightly off-topic means being
ostracized by the other members! By the way I like
it.cultura.linguistica.inglese very much as it's odd to write English in an
Italian newsgroup (but it's also very useful as I hope my English will
improve!).
Paolo

 improve!).
We all have something to learn and something to teach... Please stay with
us. Make yourself comfortable.
Ciao
Old Wise Anna

 yourself properly. So much for your being 'wise'.
Oops...
I am sorry, I did not mean to be impolite, but I do have an excuse: I
thought it would be more interesting for Paolo to discover everything about
the colourful characters of the Realm by himself. For instance, I bet he has
never seen such an Illuminated Quadrigynarchy before... He'll be surprised.
If I didn't mention my blind (really, truly blind it must be) love for Keith
Richards, it is also because it says too much about my age. Some might say I
am a 'hardly dead rockette' instead of a 'die-hard' one... :-)
Ciao
Anna

 Richards, it is also because it says too much about my age.
Actually I don't know the Rolling Stones very much, but I'm a music fan too: I
particularly like Queen and R.E.M. (as you may have understood). I think I'm a
bit younger than you: I'm a 16 year old student. But, as they say, age doesn't
matter! :-)
ciao
Paolo

Tenerezza
e' leggere due italiani che colloquiano in inglese. :)


Qui  sei su ICLIng, Antonio, ti e' forse sfuggito il 'ng' alla fine, o
pensavi volesse dire 'newsgroup' ?
 Giorgio

 ha scritto nel messaggio
news:enIaqTOc$GA....@cwnts22.ciaoweb...
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Conosco bene il NG ICLing :)) Era una battuta amichevole. Io capisco e leggo
bene l'inglese, e mi faccio capire sufficientemente bene. Non abbastanza da
parlare con un altro italiano dei problemi della lingua inglese in inglese.
La mia e' tutta invidia :)) Sorry.

 am a 'hardly dead rockette' instead of a 'die-hard' one... :-)
Dear Anna,
Your point is noted and not without a few chuckles.
'Hardly-dead' is quite right!
I have no comment about your passion for Mr Richards, because if it says
something about your age, I perish to think what it might say about mine.
Rockin'on, I remain, as always,
Bambi
dtb

 Conosco bene il NG ICLing :)) Era una battuta amichevole
Lo so che conosci bene il NG, Antonio, per questo mi son stupito e ti  ho un
po' morsicato :).
Comunque, mi premeva, al solito, sottolineare l'assoluta liberta' nell'uso
delle due lingue che vige nel ng. Soprattutto in un thread che originava
dalla comparsa di un nuovo adepto dell'Illuminated Realm, che, con
ammirevole disinvoltura, si era disimpegnato in ambedue gli idiomi e non
andava subito scoraggiato.
Ciao
Giorgio

 say, age doesn't matter! :-)
Say, isn't this child sweet!
A sweet little rock'n'roller - Never gets any older...
Well, yes, I think you are *a bit* younger than me. Barely a couple of
decades. No problem. :-))
Anna
(young at heart)

E allora che vuol dire "E-bow the letter"?
Maybe... "Write a letter using the e-bow"
Byez
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