Klarinet Archive - Posting 000250.txt from 2005/09

From: "David Glenn" <davidglenn@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Pinky again
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 16:48:34 -0400

> --- Ursprüngliche Nachricht ---
> Von: Tony Pay <tony.p@-----.org>
> An: klarinet@-----.org
> Betreff: RE: [kl] Pinky again
> Datum: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 19:52:55 GMT
>
> On 22 Sep, or3mondtoby@-----.net (Ormondtoby Montoya) wrote:
>
> > American Heritage dictionary says that "pinkje" is the Dutch diminutive
> > for their now-obsolete word "pin(c)k" meaning little finger.
> >
> > I don't know whether the "(c)" indicates that "pinck" is an alternate
> > obsolete spelling, or perhaps "pinc".
>
> We already went there in a previous thread.
>
> Tony
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My wife is Dutch and says that pinkie is still called PINK in Dutch. She
never heard of PINKJE.
David

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