Klarinet Archive - Posting 000241.txt from 2005/09

From: Tony Pay <tony.p@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Pinky again
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 11:07:18 -0400

On 22 Sep, Erik Tkal <bbtkal@-----.org> wrote:

> Tony, the OED defines pinky (also pinkie) as "Small, diminutive, tiny",
> derived from French(?). I didn't see any correlation in the etymology
> to the number five.

http://test.woodwind.org/Databases/Klarinet/2005/09/000206.txt

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