Re: [Tango-L] The subject...Pt. 1

[Andreas Wichter <andreas@tangokombinat.de>]

Floyd,

here are my last comments on this. Everybody else please note that this 
is the third e-mail Floyd wrote to me, the other two being too long to 
be accepted by the list server. If you knew their contents, youÂd 
understand me being a bit miffed.
And apologies if this is getting on everybodyÂs nerves.

A few things before I answer Floyd's statements.

Structure is how something is built or constructed, it is what is 
underlying the whole thing. Figures are something else. Jake wrote 
something about structure of tango, maybe you want to read that:

http://pythia.uoregon.edu/~llynch/Tango-L/2006/msg05359.html

Or here is how the Merrill-Webster Online Dictionary defines structure:
1strucÂture
Pronunciation:
\ËstrÉk-chÉr\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
Middle English, from Latin structura, from structus, past participle of 
struere to heap up, build â more at strew
Date:
15th century
1:Âthe action of building :Âconstruction2 a:Âsomething (as a building) 
that is constructed b:Âsomething arranged in a definite pattern of 
organization <a rigid totalitarian structure â J. L. Hess>  <leaves and 
other plant structures>3:Âmanner of construction :Âmakeup  <Gothic in 
structure>4 a:Âthe arrangement of particles or parts in a substance or 
body <soil structure> <molecular structure> b:Âorganization of parts as 
dominated by the general character of the whole <economic structure>  
<personality structure> c:Âcoherent form or organization <tried to give 
some structure to the children's lives>5:Âthe aggregate of elements of 
an entity in their relationships to each other <the structure of a 
language>

The posting was far too long, so I have divided it into three 
parts...more in Part 2
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