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Thread #58620   Message #929002
Posted By: GUEST,Q
08-Apr-03 - 06:25 PM
Thread Name: how to play a jaws harp
Subject: RE: Tech: how to play a jaws harp
Politically correct gone crazy! Does anyone know of one of the Jewish faith objecting to the name?
Personally, I find the name Irish harp degrading. And the French Horn- throw that name on the trash pile as well. Throw the horn after the name, it is a noisy thing, hardly conducive to sleeping during a concert. I could go on-

The suggestion of "gewgaw" is useless, the term has several meanings, the most used being "a gaudy trifle," but it has already been applied to a flute and to a pipe as well as to the Jew's harp.