Subject: [Harp-L] Meatwhistle?! I got yer euphemism right here!

[EGS...@aol.com]

Honestly, Dave--I've never in my life heard of 'munti' as being the Scots'
version of a harmonica. Are you sure that isn't a bastardized spelling of
'moothie'?

(I've also just done an online search and nowhere does 'munti' show up).


But moothie is what a true Scotsman would call his.<G>


Elizabeth

From: David Fertig <drfe...@yahoo.com>
To: harp-l <har...@harp-l.org>
Sent: Wed, Aug 15, 2012 1:31 pm
Subject: [Harp-L] Meatwhistle?! I got yer euphemism right here!


Meatwhistle? Cool! In Feb 2010 I compiled a list, to which I added this new

one, any others? See below:

harp (blues harp)
gobiron
tin sandwich
Four inch Joanna
Fist-whistle
Cookie Cutter
Blues Burger
Mississippi Saxophone
Mouth Organ
Mouthie (Celtic/English)
Lipsicle (Lip Sickle?)
Snort Organ
Munspel (Swedish “mouth player†)
Musique a bouche (French-Canadian)
Goschenhobel (Austrian - “mouth planer†)
Huuliharppu (lip harp, Finnish)
Feliche (Fe lee chay, in IsiZulu)
gaita (Brazil)
French harp
munti (Scotland)
Meatwhistle

-Dave "Argot R Us" Fertig

[Peter Madcat Ruth]

When I visited friends in Edinburgh Scotland in 1987, they called my harmonica a munti.
Peter Madcat Ruth
Musician - Grammy Award Winner
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[Venky Ramakrishna]

Moolorgala in Schweitzer deutsch

[EGS...@aol.com]

I'll have to take YOUR word for it then, Peter. But it begs the question:
were they Scots or originally from some other part of the World? Inquiring
minds just have to ask because I've also sounded this off my Scottish
cousins and they're as bewildered as I am. It sounds as though it could be Asian
in origin.


For my part (Glasgow raised) we called it a mouth organ. That was pretty
standard nomenclature for those of us who used 'proper' English
pronounciation. Those speaking Glaswegian slang would call it a 'moothie' as do many
other Scots players I've run into since then, but munti is definitely a new
one. Perhaps it's regional to Edinburgh?


Elizabeth

In a message dated 8/15/2012 10:46:03 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

mad...@madcatmusic.net writes:

When I visited friends in Edinburgh Scotland in 1987, they called my
harmonica a munti.










Peter Madcat Ruth
Musician - Grammy Award Winner

_ma...@madcatmusic.net_ (mailto:mad...@madcatmusic.net)
_www.madcatmusic.net_ (http://www.madcatmusic.net/)
_www.youtube.com/user/petermadcatruth_
(http://www.youtube.com/user/petermadcatruth)













On Aug 15, 2012, at 5:57 PM, _EGS...@aol.com_ (mailto:EGS...@aol.com)

[Mund...@aol.com]

I am just now living in Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, which is
these days a suburb of Glasgow, (Just across the river) and most everyone
here calls the harmonica a "Moothie" as Elizabeth says...

John "Whiteboy" Walden



In a message dated 8/16/2012 1:56:29 P.M. GMT Daylight Time, Elizabeth
writes:

[Brian Irving]

Could it be a derivative of the german 'mundharmonika'??
Brian

[Richard Hunter]

There at least two things I recommend that no one do in an unfamiliar bar:
1) Order a Fred Fudpucker.
2) Tell a stranger that you play the Feliche.

You can thank me later.

Regards, Richard Hunter


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