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[edit] what's modern?

we have a subject MJQ on the hebrew wikipedia. the trouble is, a. that in hebrew we have male and female adjectives and b. "Jazz" is male, and "Quartet" is female. so we really need to know if the adj. "Modern" refers to the quartet or to the Jazz! can anybody authorize an answer for this tough question?Noki Lavie (talk) 20:54, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Hi Noki. That is a very good question without an obvious answer. One nice thing about the name is the ambiguity! A hunch says it is more the "Jazz" that is modern. But then, "Jazz" might be an adjective (surely that's an option in Hebrew?) in which case it is the Jazz-Quartet which is Modern. But in any case, why not just transcribe the English (which is what is done in all the other languages: thus the French "fr:Modern Jazz Quartet" rather than "Quatuor du Jazz Moderne" or "Quatuor Moderne du Jazz"). Best, Eliezg (talk) 01:25, 5 February 2008 (UTC)