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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! ;-)
Edits: 05/12/17Follow Ups:
It seems more respectful than "Girlie".
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! ;-)
Or gas-less Scintillation counter.
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)......
Edits: 05/13/17
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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? ;-)
n/t
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