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From: Emma Waghorn
Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2000 09:37:50 +0100
Subject: Re: New Harmonica Tab font - free with purchase

On Wed, 07 Jun 2000 17:06:32 -0400, Bobbie Giordano bo~fn.net wrote:

>The word "fletch" does not in fact mean "arrow".
>It's a verb from the 1600's that refers to the act of
>affixing FEATHERS to an arrow! Evidently, it's
>related to the word "fledge", which means the same
>thing. Hence, a "fletcher" is the term for "one who
>deals in bows and arrows," and from all this, "fletch"
>may also be used to suggest "feathering" anything...
>a nest, one's comments, one's bank account, etc.
>But a "fletch" is NOT an arrow, per se.

Wait! It's not quite that clear-cut. The words "fledge" and "fletcher" have
slightly different etymologies. Fledge, as you rightly say, means to adorn
with feathers, and comes from the Old English, _flycge_ (possibly related
to _flyht_ meaning flight). However, the verb "fletch" -- which in UK
English, at least, is a synonym for "fledge" *only* in the sense of "to
adorn with feathers" and not in metaphorical senses -- is probably a 17th
century back-formation of the word "fletcher", meaning a person who makes
arrows, which is itself a 14th century word deriving from the Old French
_flecher_ or _flechier,_ from _flèche,_ which *does* mean arrow! And
_flèche,_ in modern French, still means arrow. And as final confirmation,
_flèche_ appears as an entry in the Oxford English Dictionary, defined as
an arrow, with the comment "also fletch". I'd say, therefore, that Winslow
Yerxa is justified in using the word "fletch" to mean arrow.

>Actually, I kind of like HarmoniCant !! The word
>"cant" has numerous definitions, but one of the
>main ones is "the special terminology understood
>among the members of a profession, discipline,
>or class but obscure to the general population;
>jargon."

Maybe this is a US/UK distinction, but to me the more common meanings for
the word *cant* are: "insincere talk, esp. concerning religion or morals,
pious platitudes" and "stock phrases that have become meaningless through
repetition" (Collins English Dictionary). Those pejorative definitions
would, I'd have thought, make it inappropriate in this context. Moreover,
whatever the definition, "cant" refers to words, or sounds (it derives from
Norman French _canter,_ meaning to sing), *not* to symbols.

So, for what it's worth (and I'm a harmonica novice and a newcomer to
Harp-L, so I'm hardly a voice of authority), I think Winslow Xerxa's
original name is a good one for his tab font. Mind you, Bobbie, I rather
like your word "harmonicant", and I think there may be a place for it as a
neologism meaning, perhaps, clichés about harmonicas and harmonica players.
:-)

Emma