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Interesting - the German term for Babe Violinists

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Posted on May 12, 2017 at 19:43:44
Chris from Lafayette
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 Geigen-Girlies! (Geigen - to play the violin)

Sociologists would no doubt be fascinated to trace the parallel cultural developments in the English-speaking and German-speaking traditions which gave rise to these parallel terms, but I'll leave it to specialists study this further! ;-)

 

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Geigen-Girlies = Foxy Fiddlers (nt), posted on May 12, 2017 at 21:10:53
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Yeah - probably more accurate, posted on May 13, 2017 at 00:07:47
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 OTOH, if you accept that geiger could mean violinist as well as fiddler, you get:

Geiger: Male Violinist
Geigerin: Female Violinist
Geigen-Girlie: Babe Violinist

In fact, in deference to the folks here who've been offended by my use of the term, "babe violinist", I was thinking of using the German "Geigen-girlie" instead, as in:

"Die georgische Geigerin lässt sich nicht als Geigen-Girlie vermarkten. Die Botschaft von Lisa Batiashvili ist ganz klar: Geigen-Girlies, das war gestern!"

[The Georgian violinist no longer lets herself be marketed as a Geigen-Girlie. The message from Lisa Batiashvili is entirely clear: Geigen-girlies - that was so yesterday!]

Now everybody is happy? ;-)

 

RE: Interesting - the German term for Babe Violinists, posted on May 13, 2017 at 00:36:53
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 I guess there are quite a few "Geigen-Girlies" in the New York Philharmonic..... You'll see 'em in the Brahms Three performance I just linked (above)......

There is also a nice babe flutist as well......

 

"Girlie" is worse. n/t, posted on May 13, 2017 at 10:26:48
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 n/t

 

I can't win! Darn those Krauts! [nt] ;-), posted on May 13, 2017 at 11:15:27
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Their hotness is measured on a Geigen counter, posted on May 13, 2017 at 18:19:54
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Or gas-less Scintillation counter.

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Please! I like the measuring apparatus, but the term is hawtness! [nt] ;-), posted on May 13, 2017 at 18:39:02
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Why not Fiedler Fraulein?, posted on May 14, 2017 at 17:58:09
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 It seems more respectful than "Girlie".

 

I guess they like Geigen-Girlie better, posted on May 15, 2017 at 09:31:57
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 It does seem to roll more trippingly off the tongue. And don't forget that many of these violinists are (or, in Lisa B's case, were) actively marketing themselves as Geigen-Girlies. It seems pretty clear to me that they're not too bothered by the term. So. . . far be it from me to be offended by it on their behalf! ;-)

 

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