Klarinet Archive - Posting 000067.txt from 2005/06

From: Tony Pay <tony.p@-----.org>
Subj: RE: [kl] Personal prejudice
Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2005 16:29:48 -0400

On 2 Jun, ormo2ndtoby@-----.net (Ormondtoby Montoya) wrote:

> Matthew=A0Lloyd wrote:
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> > I'm assuming you're leaving aside Tony's pet hate about "horn" meanin=
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> > more or less any wind instrument.
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> No, I didn't know about the pet peeve. I was thinking that perhaps a
> basset horn's narrower bore in relation to length somehow could
> distinguish (for some people) "horn" from "clarinet". I've never
> thought about exactly what makes a "horn" into a horn.
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> ...anyway, I thought that perhaps there was something else that I was
> missing.

Nah, it was just a joke. Dan said he (with all respect) couldn't stand
people calling an Eb clarinet an 'eefer', so I thought it was a good
opportunity to say I couldn't stand people calling their clarinet 'their
horn'. (The 'with respect' I took to be implicit;-)

The thread is entitled 'Personal prejudice', so it's not surprising that
reason doesn't come into it.

What is this 'pinkie' thing, anyway? Diddumses?

Tony
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