To "A" or not to "A" Revelations from ex

Rick Denney · Post by **Rick Denney** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 8:00 pm

zoro wrote:What do you call someone that plays bagpipes?

I call him "someone who I hope will move along quickly".

Rick "who suspects bagpipe snobs probably use 'bagpiper'" Denney

Chuck(G) · Post by **Chuck(G)** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 8:10 pm

Rick Denney wrote:Rick "who suspects bagpipe snobs probably use 'bagpiper'" Denney

Probably just "piper"--they play the "pipes"; e.g. the Highland Great Pipes, or its equivalent in Gaelic.

Unless, of course, one played the musette, in which case one would be a musettist ? or musetter ???...

Kevin Hendrick · Post by **Kevin Hendrick** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 9:04 pm

bloke wrote:I always thought these were musettes:

- Emily Dickinson
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- etc.

Ah, musing ...

SplatterTone · Post by **SplatterTone** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 9:39 pm

as distinct from a small moose: moosette.

SplatterTone · Post by **SplatterTone** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 10:34 pm

as in Alanis Moosette.