Re: Re: [Harp-L] Hunting for a bucket of ice in the Summertime

[David Payne <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

harpish sounds a little prissish to me. I'm gonna go medieval Latin on y'all... Harpessentia. 
Or
In my younger days, I wanted to be a medieval scholar (didn't finish graduate school for health reason) and back in the day I was pretty good with the Medieval Middle English and whatnot. Thus, I suggest the Middle English pairing of the noun and preposition (the Attwell family, for instance, would have lived "at  a well"). Folks were poor in them days and didn't have a lot of prepositions (seriously) and they were pretty fond of "at" they used it more than "the" and I think would have used it here too to describe what you're talking about. So, I propose "Atharp." I can hear ol' Geoff Chaucer saying "Git-R-Done" on that one. 
Sentence, modern English
"This harmonica's Atharp sound really sucks."
Can't resist some Middle...
"I herde mi Atharp neoise, I herte hit to deth."

I might just start using this word. I've been looking for something to describe some of the quirkiness that is unique to an individual harp. 


Dave
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----- Original Message ----
From: Rick Dempster <rick.dempster@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: d.flendrich <darple.flendrich@xxxxxxxxx>; harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 10:49:51 PM
Subject: Re: Re: [Harp-L] Hunting for a bucket of ice in the Summertime

Buddha denies paternity; he says it was one of Iceman's. Yes, I did say 'harpish'.
RD

>>> "d.flendrich" <darple.flendrich@xxxxxxxxx> 21/10/2008 13:33 >>>
Rick Dempster wrote:
> I thought we were looking for a word that described licks, 
> phrases etc. that were suggested by the instrument rather 
> than the imagination of the player: ie chestnuts, cliches etc.
> which is what Iceman was trying to imply by his ghastly 
> invention: 'Harmonicaeee'

"Harmonicaeee" was an invention of the Buddha gypsy.  

The word you are looking for is "harpish".

d.f



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