listing of rock songs w/mando

[Charlie Bernstein]

Being someone whose curiosity often gets the better of him, I checked the hat definition in my OED and, although section 5. “Phrases and locutions: a. Referring to the custom of uncovering the head as a mark of reverence, courtesy, or salutation” was very informative, it did not mention “hats off”. As such, I was forced to consult the internets (plural is more fun here), where the consensus seems to favor the non-apostrophe variant. Logically, I could make the argument for either version, depending on context. The English language is such fun and noodling around the dictionary a good way to start one’s day. Thanks for the excuse.

I’ve gotten a lot of value from the Learn/Lessons section of the Cafe.

Cheers

- Denis

Well, sure. Context decides. It's not a possessive, just to get that out of the way. It only wants an apostrophe when it's a contraction, like My hat is off to the band. When it's short for Let's take our hats off to the band, an apostrophe would be wrong.

[journeybear]

Elle, I notice that the Waterboys aren't on your list. Just in case no one has mentioned 'en yet, here's a good place to start:

Actually, The Waterboys are on the list, with at least nine songs,including this one, going back to 2009, when I first got involved with this. This humunculus has grown to be rather large and unwieldy, with so much information that it has to be spread over three posts due to character limits. So I've taken to using the "search thread" function, which works really well.

Oh, and I believe there's nothing to be gained by addressing ellebrille directly. One of the most intriguing and mysterious members, IMO, he/she started this thread and has never posted again. Sometimes I wonder about that ...

[journeybear]

I keep threatening - er, promising to compile and collate the list so as to get it to its most current and complete state. I think it's become pretty clear I don't want to do it, or I would have sometime during this period of promising. It's a pretty good-sized chore, and even though I discovered quite some time ago during my office manager days that I have a knack for grunt work, I've since realized its tendency to dull the senses can be offputting. So I've been putting it off.

However, if someone wants to take on this project - collecting, collating, and compiling all the suggestions presented since the list got neatened up, I'll volunteer my services insofar as proofreading and editing are concerned. Or if a few people want to convene and divide up the project into manageable bits, perhaps even form a social group, I'm up for that. Perhaps the list might operate better as a blog. I'm open to suggestions. Any way to keep from leaving this incredibly important and useful resource unfinishe

[lowtone2]

Your basic Russian Country Rock band.