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Re: [LOOP] frippery - the improper noun
> > apparently, frippery is making its way into the lexicon.
>
> Heh. Taking you way too seriously for a moment,
>
> http://www.m-w.com/
> lists the etymology of "frippery" as:
> "Etymology: Middle French friperie, alteration of Old French freperie,
> from frepe old garment
> Date: 1568"
>
> Now, I don't wish to deny Robert Fripp's early influence on looping, but
>I
> somehow doubt he was playing in the court of King Charles IX of France
>in
> 1568 :).
So -was he the one known as "the crimson king",
who invented the Smellotron - where the sharpened keys
of a harpsichord pricked the skins of various fruits?
Cheers,
Scott M2
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