Re: A.A.P.C. FOLKLORE, Part Forty-Five

> HarryLime wrote:
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>> Will Dockery wrote:
>> [email protected] (HarryLime) posted:
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>>> Will Dockery wrote:
>>> [email protected] (HarryLime) wrote
>>> in news:[email protected]:
>>> Will Dockery wrote:
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>>> 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?
>>> 
>>> Like I said, another name for a banjo picker.
>>> 
>>> Look it up.
>>> 
>>> 
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> Again , Banjist is a correct term for a banjo picker, often used by the actual musicians:
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> "Banjist"
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> "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..."
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> Again, glad to clear up your confusion, Pendragon.
> 




"major dictionaries like Merriam-Webster and Cambridge do not list it as valid English."
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Again, musicians such as banjo picker Dennis Beck understand and use the term "banjist," and the readers of my column were appreciative of trivia such as that.

HTH and HAND.

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