hat... nonsense

Yes, love that reference paulb. And avy, I think you are coming close to what reading that quote at the head got me reflecting on: that although I like to *think of myself as perhaps first and foremost a logical being, and that my interest in language springs from this root, in actual fact it could well be the euphony of language that is most central to my pattern-making. That, in short, however logical and precise, language might have no meaning for me without music in its soul.

Of course, you-all are right - it's a false dichotomy - but
"It don't mean a thing, if it ain't got that swing...!"