Ii is one of the quirks of our wonderful language that the names of our
counties can also serve as adjectives.
Think of Durham, Yorkshire, Norfolk etc.
Whereas France /French
Germany / German
and so on
Barry
On 5 Jan 2010 at 20:48, Richard York wrote:
> Strange, isn't it? You're right, but I can't recollect ever seeing the
> "Scotland bagpipes" mentioned, nor yet the "France bagpipes."
> Yours in puzzlement, but Happy New Year anyway,
> Richard.
>
> P.S. Not being very tall, I suppose I'm a small piper, or at least
> aspiring eventually to become one.
>
> colin wrote:
> > I'd go with that.
> > Problem with "Northumbrian" is that it may appear that it refers to
> > where the artist comes from (as in "Colin Hill, Liverpudlian
> > small-pipes player"). ;-)
> > Northumbrian piper may suggest a piper from Northumberland who plays
> > bagpipes (any).
> > Northumberland small-pipes player sounds good and accurate (maybe
> > "player" is stretching it a little in my case). :-D
> >
> > Colin Hill
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "inky adrian"
> > <inky-adr...@ntlworld.com>
> > To: <nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu>
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 3:38 PM
> > Subject: [NSP] NSP
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> >>
> >> I've always called them the Northumberland small-pipes as did the NPS
> >> in the old days.
> >>
> >> Inky-adrian
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