the psychology of Gray/Grey

[Johanna N Franklin]

    I always heard that the difference between a violin and a fiddle was
that a violin has a case.

    Johanna, who has to finish transcribing a conversation now

Excerpts from mail: 16-Oct-100 Re: the psychology of Gray/.. by "Peter
A. McGraw"@LINFIE
> The best example I ever heard of a similar phenomenon was on a music
> program on NPR co-hosted by the conductor of the Baltimore Symphony (I
> think that's the orchestra--and I can't remember the conductor's name, but
> I think it starts with Z).  Speaking of how professional violinists refer
> to their instrument as a "fiddle," and also discussing the difference in
> style between country fiddling and classical violin playing, he recalled
> once asking a class what they saw as the difference between a violin and a
> fiddle.  One student answered: "A violin has strings; a fiddle has strangs."