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Month: March 2017
What nicknames have you been called in your life? Where did they originate?
A2A; I’ve already listed all I could recall under Nick Nicholas’ answer to What are the funniest nicknames you’ve been given over the years? For origins, see there. Of these: Nicko. Love (so Ocker!) Never used since 14. Acka Nicka. Hate. Never used since 15. Nick Squared. Like. Frequent use up to 17, very rare […]
What kind of reality does a piece of music have?
It has the same reality as a story does, or a theory. It belongs in the Ideosphere. Actually, the term I’ve heard used is Noosphere; but the early notions of noosphere that Wikipedia enumerates are kinda loony. But it’s a mental construct, the kind of thing that Dawkins actually had in mind when he first […]