French harp

Jesse Sheidlower jester at PANIX.COM
Tue May 23 15:08:57 UTC 2006


On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 08:01:39AM -0700, Arnold M. Zwicky wrote:
>
> i didn't know the term.  AHD says it's South Midland specifically.
> what does DARE say?

DARE has "chiefly W Midl, TX, Cent".

I'm quite surprised that someone who plays this kind of music
would be unfamiliar with the term.

Jesse Sheidlower
OED

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