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: >> >> 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. > Again , Banjist is a correct term for a banjo picker: ======= "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]==== Again, glad to clear up your confusion, Pendragon. 😏[/quote] "major dictionaries like Merriam-Webster and Cambridge do not list it as valid English." I'll stick with Merriam-Webster and Cambridge, thank you very much. Dumbass. 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