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Jazz! (in case you think we really have a problem with *classical, Bob)
To demonstrate my earlier point about meaning in context, I am a trustee of a small charity devoted to widening access to music (especially for young people). I have no particular problem in practice, talking to say the Arts Council about "early music" or say the general public about "classical music". Each context has constructed its own range of language and accepted meanings - it is the normal sensitivity we are all likely to show in using a different 'voice' when requesting a loan from our bankers compared to asking our partner to gis some munnyThe only problems tend to occur when one community impacts on the discourse of another, and then the architecture gets rearranged...
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