"I'll answer WAV's last point, but I'm not continuing this discussion here. WAV's insistence on talking politics above and below the line is disgraceful." (Pip)...on the contrary, you repeatedly ask such questions "above and below the line", and repeadedly complain/accuse if you feel I haven't answered them fully.

Don - I'm definetely NOT against "open travel"...the full name of my collection is "Walkabouts: Travels and Conclusions in Verse".

Back on thread: there's a link above to a 20th century article in which a well known authority on the recorder/English flute uses the latter term in his title - here's another.