Klarinet Archive - Posting 000080.txt from 2005/06

From: ormo2ndtoby@-----.net (Ormondtoby Montoya)
Subj: Re: [kl] Personal prejudice
Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2005 00:45:44 -0400

Tom=A0Flavel wrote:

> So, pinkje is little little finger... how this
> related to the clarinet, I have no idea

Americans (at least) often name the keys that are used in long
fingerings: "pinkie keys".

However, in English, pinkie sometimes has a 'wimpy' or 'sissy' or
'foppish' connotation --- as when a teacup is held with the little
finger extended. Hence Tony included "diddumses" in his original jest.

Parts of the United States (such as Pennsylvania) were settled by the
Dutch, and therefore the Dutch derivation could be straightforward and
could have nothing to do with being wimpy or foppish.

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