Klarinet Archive - Posting 000882.txt from 2003/04

From: Richard Bush <rbushidioglot@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Horn
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 00:43:38 -0400

I realize it is sloppy English, but a lot of people do it. They also
call their instrument their "ax." Both terms are slang. Americans love
slang.

On Saturday, April 19, 2003, at 06:57 PM, Matthew Lloyd wrote:

> Why does everyone refer to a clarinet as a horn? Is it just an American
> thing? - I don't recall having heard it described thus over here.
>
> Just seems an odd way to describe it.....
>
> Matthew
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