Re: A.A.P.C. FOLKLORE, Part Forty-Five
[email protected] (HarryLime)
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> Will Dockery wrote: > [email protected] (HarryLime) posted: > >> Will Dockery wrote: >> [email protected] (HarryLime) wrote >> in news:[email protected]: >> Will Dockery wrote: >> >> The "Playgrounds" magazine NAILED IT. >> >> I wrote a monthly column for Playgrounds magazine for nearly twenty >> years, fond memories. >> >> See JLA Forums attachment below for an example of my monthly column >> published by Playgrounds magazine. >> >> "Banjist"? >> >> Seriously? >> >> Again, another name for a banjo picker. >> >> Look it up. >> >> > > > Try banjoist. > Or Banjist: ======================= "Banjist" "A banjist (also spelled banjoist) is a person who plays the banjo. It is an alternative, less common term for a banjo player, often used in folk, bluegrass, and country music styles.About the TermDefinition: A musician who plays the banjo.Alternative Spelling: Banjoist is the more standard or common form, but banjist is also accepted and understood in musical communities.Genres: Common in bluegrass, old-time folk, jazz, and country music..." ==========[End Quoted Text]=============== Glad to clear up your confusion, Pendragon. [/quote] If you got that definition from George J. Dunce's Trusted Source and Only Friend, I'm sorry to inform you that it can't be trusted. "No, banjist is not the standard or preferred English word; the correct and universally accepted term for someone who plays the banjo is banjoist. "The Correct Term Banjoist: A professional, dictionary-recognized noun meaning a person who plays the banjo.Banjo player: A more common, everyday alternative used in general speech and journalism. "Why 'Banjist' Isn't Standard While words for instrumentalists ending in a vowel often drop that vowel before adding the -ist suffix (like piano becoming pianist), the standard form for banjo kept the full word, resulting in banjoist. 'Banjist' occasionally appears as a rare regional variant, a typo, or a loanword adaptation (such as banjiste in French), but major dictionaries like Merriam-Webster and Cambridge do not list it as valid English." This response appears in the discussion at: http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=709298620#709298620 -- Via JLA Forums web gateway for alt.arts.poetry.comments: http://www.jlaforums.com/viewforum.php?f=655