On 2015-04-27 12:43 PM, stuart wrote:
Does anyone actually carry a pitchfork in his or her lute case?
I can see where this comes from, by a mixup of "pitch pipe" and "tuning fork." We could also derive "tuning pipe" from the same sources. Similarly "rubbershoes" combines parts of "rubber boots" and "overshoes." When she was very young, my sister referred to our mother using a "masewingchine."
Geoff -- Geoff Gaherty Foxmead Observatory Coldwater, Ontario, Canada http://www.gaherty.ca http://starrynightskyevents.blogspot.com/ To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
