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Author: Bassie
Date: 2011-04-28 19:13
In my kitchen I have a pack of drinking straws bearing the multilingual inscription:
Straws
Strohhalme
Chalumeaux
Pajitas
Is there something we English speaking clarinet players should know about our chosen instrument?
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Author: Simon Aldrich
Date: 2011-04-28 20:27
One of the French words for a drinking straw is "chalumeau" but one never hears it used. "Chalumeau" has the musical definition of "pipe" so that must be where the drinking straw usage comes from.
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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2011-04-28 20:44
Yup. In a restaurant, the kids get a "paille".
Now don't ask me if "la dernière paille" is the same as it'd be in English...
--
Ben
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2011-04-28 22:51
It's a derivative of the Latin (and probably a far more ancient common root language) word for reed.
See http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/539118/shawm
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
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Single and Double Reed Specialist
Oboes, Clarinets and Saxes
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