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RE: Clarinet Jargon

Author: Don Poulsen
Date: 2000-10-12 15:55

According to the Merriam-Webster Web site, in the 1930s, a clarinet was referred to in the slang of the day as a gob stick. Any wood instrumentalist was a lip-splitter. Clarinets have also been referred to as licorice sticks.

Clarinet in some different languages is:

French - clarinette
German - Klarinette
Hungarian - klarinet (with the e accented)
Italian - clarinetto
Portugese, Spanish - clarinete

For fun, I checked out the many anagrams for "clarinetist." A few that I like include:

isn't a relic
isn't it clear (or) it isn't clear
lit cat siren
strict alien

Anything inspire you?

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