Re: parchment, rwd and ch'in (Re: LUTE-etymology)

at emotion! Michael Thames www.ThamesClassicalGuitars.com - Original Message - From: "Mathias Rösel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lutelist" Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 5:14 AM Subject: Re: parchment, rwd and ch'in (Re: LUTE-etymology) > As you take refuge, once again, to offensive

Re: parchment, rwd and ch'in (Re: LUTE-etymology)

> > Leather is tanned and elastic and thus unsuitable for use as a membrane. Really? How come it is always used so by the cultures that lack in parchment technology? Fretless banjos, drums etc, etc. RT -- http://polyhymnion.org/torban To get on or off this list see list information at http://w

Re: parchment, rwd and ch'in (Re: LUTE-etymology)

> As you take refuge, once again, to offensive language for lack of > pausible arguments I quit discussion with you and your nonsense. Ask > accomplished Arabists about your 'ain - ghain rubbish. Get a life, > buddy. As Americans say- No pain, no ghain. But it is interesting to see "lutes as foreig

Re: parchment, rwd and ch'in (Re: LUTE-etymology)

As you take refuge, once again, to offensive language for lack of pausible arguments I quit discussion with you and your nonsense. Ask accomplished Arabists about your 'ain - ghain rubbish. Get a life, buddy. "danyel" schrieb: > Leather is tanned and elastic and thus un

parchment, rwd and ch'in (Re: LUTE-etymology)

Leather is tanned and elastic and thus unsuitable for use as a membrane. The *rwd* theory is not my pet but borrowed from E. Neubauer who is well versed in Middle Persian (we are not talking Farsi here) and historic Arabic; there are plenty of examples of the 'ain sound being hardly distinguishable