Translation please...

[Black Mariah]

Re: Translation please...

Originally posted by zeegler:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Number Of The Priest:
Evidently, I've also heard the term applied to violin craftsmen, so I guess the word is extrapolated to include any maker of stringed instruments. [img]graemlins/scratchhead.gif[/img]

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">But, probably not pianos or harps. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Harps, banjos, dulcimers, autoharps, guitars, cellos, violins, ouds, bouzoukis, lutes... all those and more.

Piano builders are apparently just called piano builders. They're not special enough to warrant their own term. [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[charvelguy]

Re: Translation please...

Originally posted by RacerX:
Yeah, but I'm not gonna tell you about it until you stop misusing it's! Ha ha! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">But it's "just the way that it's" [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

For origin, see Websters link above. IT IS french.

[RacerX]

Re: Translation please...

Originally posted by charvelguy:
so it's pronunciation is

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">should be its

it's = it is

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You can't school me, bub! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

[charvelguy]

Re: Translation please...

I'm not, that was another sarcastic jab. Really, did Mom slap your knuckles with a ruler?

I can read...I can also misread. I can also find much better things to do.