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Thread #142512   Message #3288576
Posted By: Spleen Cringe
11-Jan-12 - 06:31 AM
Thread Name: 'Purist - a pejorative?
Subject: RE: 'Purist - a pejorative?
>Come on ~~ ☝☝☝☝up, who agrees with a word he has said?<

And me - not all of it, but enough to make me keep reading. And Suibhne's posts are far better fun than a lot of the more dreary stuff on here.

Anyway, the term "folk music" is a fairly recent invention in the scheme of things - late 19th century at best. No wonder not everyone is that fussed about a 60 year of academic definition...