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Umm, what??? That's pointless...
Papersatan:
I have it from a reliable source that the difference between a violin and a fiddle is the music you are playing with it (if it is music from the 'respected white tradition, it is a violin...)
"Ethnic" means "not a part of white culture". Using the word to describe contributions from non-white-western cultures is a form of othering. The only thing the word does is stress that this item is 'weird' or 'different' because it is not from white culture.
Is it cold in here?:
I'm happy to describe a washtub bass as an ethnic instrument and it's part of my own heritage.
Valdís:
Most of the things which a Chinese person might very well label as "ethnically Scandinavian instruments" would more likely just be called "traditional" or "folk", so yeah. Very different approaches to the same kinds of situations depending on if it's "us" or "them".
Speaking of which..
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YKI2j532pQ
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjyAA-kRZaw
(The Scandinavian version of the second one I'm thinking of is the "Drejelire".)
BeoPuppy:
Dutch: draailier. How lovely language can be, sometimes.
As for the dinosaurs ... that's basically what the Onion thread is all about, right? We climbed so far up our own assholes as a species that we cannot tell the difference between satire and reality, sometimes. The dinosaur thing, well, it can go either way, which is a sure sign that something needs to change. Attitudes about science, for instance.
"Ethnic" sounds ... problematic. Maybe "old" or "not often seen, these days" or something would be more accurate.
Something stupid:
LeeC:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 12 Oct 2013, 10:16 ---I wouldn't feel safe around a cat that much bigger than me.
--- End quote ---
Oh god that would be terrifying! having a pet cat that size? I think you would be the pet/snack!
drop the beat!
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