yeah, words like "overdubs" for example... I always though it was a derivation of "duplication", because you were adding a second track ; this being said, it might be the Jamaican origin... or both words have a common and very ancient origin, with always that idea of having things in double, body & ghost, track 1 & track 2... any linguist on this list ?
Gwendal > -----Original Message----- > From: Odeluga, Ken [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 3:43 PM > To: Cobert, Gwendal; [email protected] > Subject: RE: (313) Dub > > > Very vry interesting and intriguing. One bit jars though: > > >Indeed, dub is rooted in the word "dup," which is Jamaican patois > >for "ghost." > > I'm not denying the meaning or existence of the patois word > 'dup' (I've > heard a word which seems to derive from it, 'duppy'). But I > always thought > the term 'Dub' as applied to reggae and eventually to any > remixed 'version' > of a popular music track/song, came from the term 'dub' which > is simply > another word for recording, especially making a copy of an existing > recording. > > k >
