[OT] Re: Ancient music instruments.
[OT] Re: Ancient music instruments.
- Subject: [OT] Re: Ancient music instruments.
- From: Emmanuel <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 22:16:25 +0100
At 10:36 AM -0500 21/11/02, Marc K. Myers wrote:
I always thought that a viola was a stringed instrument slightly
larger than a violin. (Or a little-known hypertext system.) What's
that instrument called in French?
That's "une viole". A laptop viola is "une viole de gambe" (gambe is
our ancient word for "jambe" which means lower limb).
While a rape is "un viol".
I will be henceforth be extremely cautious when taking French women
to hear string quartets. "How did you like the viola?" could result
in a serious misunderstanding!
So, yes, check twice the gender of the name you'll be using when
taking your fiancie to the concert of ancient instruments.
This being said, I am not saying which one a French woman would
actually prefer if she had to opt.
Emmanuel
Marc (whose mother is a French teacher) Myers
Dans ce cas, veuillez transmettre mes amitiis Parisiennes les plus
respectueuses ` votre maman.
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