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Author: Old guy
Date: 2004-04-14 17:25
I play flute. Which one am I? I've heard that "flaut" meant recorder in German. Does anyone have definitive answer?
Thank you.
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Author: Amanda
Date: 2004-04-14 18:38
I prefer "flutist" or even "fluter," which is more a little more colloquial. NEVER call me a flautist. "Flaut" in Middle English means "jeer" or "mock," and is therefore seen as a deragatory name. "Flutist" has origins from 1603, and is a much older and more established term than "flautist," (1860, in Nathaniel Hawthorne used it in "The Marble Faun"). "Flautist" probably comes from the Italian word for flute, "flauto," and to me it just sounds arrogant. I play the flute, not the flaut.
So, please, call me a flutist, or a fluter, or a flute-player, but not a flautist.
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Author: TorusTubarius
Date: 2004-04-14 19:09
So which one plays better? A flutist or a flautist?
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Author: Dboe (the former d-oboe)
Date: 2004-04-14 19:54
:P I've heard that flautists have better tone than flutists...hehe:P No really, It's just tradition to say "flautist", but many people say flutist... so you say whatever you please.
dboe
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Author: Old guy
Date: 2004-04-16 19:16
This is kind a funny.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/1390386.stm
This one from Wikipedia;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flautist
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Author: Oboe
Date: 2004-04-19 21:58
I've always thought the word flautist *written* looked really cool. But I think that when said it sounds best as flutist. But I guess some people are "flautists," some are "flutists," and some are just whatever they want to be called or whatever it's spelled or pronounced in their language/country.
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Author: Nancy
Date: 2004-04-22 02:40
I'm not snobby enough to want to be called a flautist. Call me a flutist or a flute player!
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