Klarinet Archive - Posting 000941.txt from 2000/07

From: "Tony Pay" <tony_pay@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Fellini...
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 10:53:06 -0400

>From: "Doug Sears" <dsears@-----.net>

Re: 'minchia'

>You can look it up at
> >http://www.notam.uio.no/~hcholm/altlang/ht/Italian.html
>but to save you the trouble, it means "penis". I don't know if that >was
>meant to imply that the clarinettist is the big stud of the >orchestra, or
>the one who makes love to the music. Maybe both.

Nah. I'm reminded of a quote from one of my long-gone gigs:

"Penis? Sounds like what a doctor would have hanging off of him! All the
guys I know and love in the music business have c***s or d***s at least!"
(200 Motels, Frank Zappa, with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)

Actually, 'minchia' is feminine...so make of that what you will.

Though there's an English translation, and one in common use too, I think
it's significantly more offensive than the Italian version.

Tony
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