[Ads-l] Query concerning the removal of "French" from "French horn" (2nd try)

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Wed Jun 24 13:04:32 UTC 2015


> On Jun 24, 2015, at 12:41 AM, Dave Hause <dwhause at CABLEMO.NET> wrote:
> 
> You should because your ancestry is French?  Or you don't because it isn't?
> Dave Hause

No, I was just alluding to my family name. (It wasn't changed from Corne, or Cor.)

L. Horn
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Laurence Horn
> Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 10:07 PM
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Re: Query concerning the removal of "French" from "French horn" (2nd try)
> 
> I feel I should somehow have great insight into this question, but I =
> don't seem to...
> 
> L. Horn
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