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Whiling away the long dark teatime of my soul, I was rolling the word hemiparesis around and got to wondering if someone would be so kind as to provide a simple explanation of the differences between the three halves listed above. Cheers
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the easy way out would be to point to 'hemidemisemiquaver' and answer "there is no difference"; and the fact of the matter is that they are just from different sources -- hemi is Greek, semi is Latin, and demi is French. (at least that's the way I remember it.)
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hemidemisemiquaver
Thanks, tsuwm, that was one of the words that had me wondering. Is it possible that the three have each carved out a niche, or even a hemidemiseminiche? For instance, hemiparesis is a medical term, while to me, demi often as an air of the diminutive about it, as in demitasse. Semi seems to be the most common in everyday English, or at least in everyday Zild. Does the OED have anything to offer on this?
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it *usually follows the root; i.e., Greek root > hemi... Latin root > semi. hybrids abound.
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It *usually follows the rootBodhisattva! I knew that I had followed the right route to finding an answer.  Many thanks.
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Demitasse? Oh, Max, you do live in provincial NZ! Here in Wellington, we've progressed to having a demimonde! You can belong to it, watch it while drinking instant coffee from your demitasse, buy tickets and have as much fun as you like. It's alive and well and living in the Aro valley. During the day it's ritually washed and dryed and has creases lovingly ironed into its sleeves.
Bodhisattva. I see you like Steely Dan as well. What a coincidence!
I guess it's true that half a loaf is better than none.
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Poster: Max Quordlepleen
Subject: Re: Hemi, Demi, Semi?
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Saw the above and thought we were having a Sing-Along !
Hemidemisemiquaver is what the Brits call a 16th note, isn't it?
The black note with a stem and three flags?
wow
{trilling "Hail Britannia" she's off to peruse other threads}
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wow>Hemidemisemiquaver is what the Brits call a 16th note, isn't it?
Good guess, but actually, it's a 64th note!
Hey tsuwm, how many flags would that give it, exactly?
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Right! Goes to show you ... shouldn't post 'till the second cup of coffee.
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>how many flags would that give it, exactly?
oh, somewhere between 3 and 5, joe intercalated forcibly.
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