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xylophone and glockenspiel.
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This is not so much about where these name originate from - but more something that has bothered me for years.
Does anyone else feel like the names should be the other way round, glockenspiel for the wooden and xylophone for the metal. I know neither word is 'english' but it still strikes me as irritating. Quite unreasonable I know. The only reason I can remember which is which is because to me they are the opposite of how they sound.
Just me or anyone else? Any other examples?
Does anyone else feel like the names should be the other way round, glockenspiel for the wooden and xylophone for the metal. I know neither word is 'english' but it still strikes me as irritating. Quite unreasonable I know. The only reason I can remember which is which is because to me they are the opposite of how they sound.
Just me or anyone else? Any other examples?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Cool, thanks for that. I figured that would be the reasoning behind the names. I just like (!?) the fact they sound the wrong way round. Bit like that test they did a few years ago with the spiky image and the rounded image. One called kiki and one called boubou or something similar. Ppl were asked which shape had which name, quite obviously ppl named the spiky image kiki.