From: Ed Atkeson <edatkeson-AT-earthlink.net> To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 08:18:52 -0500 Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Marionettes a la Planchette Fourth edition Scrabble dictionary, it's in there. : ) -------------------- >>> Maybe not-- it's a specialty word for obsessive early music addicts. I've only ever seen crwth in my life. But then, I never forgot it, either. One of those words like Prosopopeia, that are only known to people who live in a very, very small world. Cheers, Alice In a message dated 2/21/2009 10:30:32 P.M. Central Standard Time, edatkeson-AT-earthlink.net writes: Alice >>> What you see there (lira calabresa) bears an apparent familial esemblance to the rebec, with the exception of the bridge being apparently not bowed, which means that like a crwth, you end up playing drones at the same time as you play fingered notes. ------------------------ A crwth? Cool scrabble word! Ed _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit Archives: http://www.driftline.org
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