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24 Jun 01 - 10:41 AM (#490803) Subject: How do you spell... From: GUEST,Mimsey Hi, folks! My husband recently repaired an instrument its owner called a "tambouritza" (sp?) I would like to list this among his other repairs on our website, but I'd like to spell it right. I didn't find it on the 'net anywhere when I used Metacrawler... even with several different spellings. Anyone familiar with this instrument, or the word, even? Many thanks. |
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24 Jun 01 - 10:53 AM (#490813) Subject: RE: Help: How do you spell... From: Wolfgang picture of a tambouritza (I'd be surprised if that was the only possible spelling) Wolfgang |
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24 Jun 01 - 10:56 AM (#490817) Subject: RE: Help: How do you spell... From: Wolfgang I tried different spellings with 'All the web all the time' and the winner was: tamboritza with tambouritza a close second and tambourtsa and tamboritsa trailing far behind Wolfgang |
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24 Jun 01 - 10:01 PM (#491062) Subject: RE: Help: How do you spell... From: Rich(bodhránai gan ciall) There is a perfoming arts group called the Duquesne Tamburitzans based at Duquesne University here in Pittsburgh. They perform music and dance from a variety of European ethnic backgrounds, in traditional costume with traditional instruments. They are a perennial favorite amongst the local folk scene here. website |
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25 Jun 01 - 04:19 AM (#491185) Subject: RE: Help: How do you spell... From: Wilfried Schaum Hi Mimsey, the correct spelling in Serbo-Croatian is: "tamburica" in Latin fonts; if written in Cyrillic fonts, the scientific transliteration is the same. Since in most West European the letter C- is pronounced as a K- before -a, -o and -u, it is transscribed as -ts and -tz according to the preferences of writing in the intaking language. The -OU- is clearly French, because the letter U is pronounced like Ü (U-Umlaut, a sound special to German, Scandinavian languages, and Turkish). "Tambourtsa" and "tambor-" which Wolfgang gives also seem to me like misspellings with letter omitted due to hurry or misunderstanding. Enjoy the sound! Wilfried |