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Thread #147217 Message #3412049
Posted By: GUEST,Blandiver
30-Sep-12 - 07:00 AM
Thread Name: Tech: Choosing a Jew's Harp
Subject: RE: Tech: Choosing a Jew's Harp
No surely about it, Betsy. The term Jaws Harp is a relatively modern invention, along with Juice Harp and other 'folksy' contrivances - like 'fiddle sticks' and Ring-a-Roses being a reportage of Black Death symptoms.
Michael Wright is the man to trust on this one:
The Search for the Origins of the Jew's Harp
I'm happy to use the general name Trump in everyday usage, though of course not everyone gets it, so Jew's Harp is fine. My Khomus, however, are Khomus; and my Doromb are Doromb.