No, Walachia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walachia) was bordering on Transylvania, a largely German speaking region, and IMHO that's where the apellation Welscher was acquired by German for all Latin derived foreigners. RT ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Gibbs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Roman Turovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: " Mathias Rösel " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Narada" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Net'" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 9:11 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Amps or no Amps
> Is Wallachia where the Romani people originate from? So Welscher > Tantz could mean something like Gypsy Dance? It's more romantic than > washerwomen anyway... > > On 8 Oct 2007, at 12:23, Roman Turovsky wrote: > >>> "Andrew Gibbs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: >>>> ..going off on a tangent as usual: >>>> >>>> I've been told that Dance of the Washer Women is a popular >>>> mistranslation - Welscher Tantz Wascha mesa translates as something >>>> like Dance of women from other lands or Dance of foreign women. >>>> >>>> Not a very good German speaker myself - does anyone know a more >>>> accurate translation? >>> >>> Welscher Tantz means Italian Dance. >> My suspicion it also meant Walachian. >> RT >> >> >> >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > >
