Klarinet Archive - Posting 001138.txt from 1998/12

From: "Dan Leeson: LEESON@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: [kl] "basset(s)"?!
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 01:06:16 -0500

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> Subj: [kl] "basset(s)"?!

> >That word "Basset" really gets them...
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> so, just out of curiosity, what is the significance of the word
> "basset"? is it some sort of allusion to "bass"?
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> Dana B.

It is German and means "little bass" ...

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