THE PIANO
Today, I introduce a story of man who is loved by music. Its title is ‘THE PIANO’. As you can see from the title, he is good at playing the piano. In this story, you know how does he succeeded as a piano player. I will introduce important scenes with quotation. Mr. Wood came to the door and spoke to Tony’s mother. ‘Hullo, Betty. It’s nice to see you again. Thank you for your letter. How are you?’ They talked together like old friends. Although this scene is not important, what I am interested in is expressing ‘hello’ as ‘hullo’. When I read ‘Hullo’ for the first time, I thought it was a printing mistake or a publisher’s mistake. According the Internet, this ‘Hullo’ is mainly used in England, and has same meaning as ‘Hello’. In the same way, ‘Hallo’ is used in Germany and Netherlands. I was interested in the mysterious variation of Hello. ‘Tony is a boy’s name,’ said Mr. Gordon. ‘Anthony is a man’s name. Tony Evans was farm boy. Anthony Evans is a musician. O