Hmmm...crotch+ ending this and crotch+ ending that
Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 5:47 am
I was trying to translate "quarter note" in music to Russian, and I ended up having to do it by way of the word
crotchet
.
It made me wonder if there is any relationship between the following:
crotchet
crotchety
and of course, the infamous word "crotch".
Well, I do not know if any derive from any of the others...
...it might be the case that a crotch also refers to a hook shape, so really in that sense, I would think that an eighth note sort of fits that spec a little better, but 1/8 note has a different formal name. I guess I could envision hook relating to somebody's crotch 8-0 {male, that is , or at least one would most likely think "male", 8-| }
Otherwise, I cannot see any overt rationale.
crotchet
.
It made me wonder if there is any relationship between the following:
crotchet
crotchety
and of course, the infamous word "crotch".
Well, I do not know if any derive from any of the others...
...it might be the case that a crotch also refers to a hook shape, so really in that sense, I would think that an eighth note sort of fits that spec a little better, but 1/8 note has a different formal name. I guess I could envision hook relating to somebody's crotch 8-0 {male, that is , or at least one would most likely think "male", 8-| }
Otherwise, I cannot see any overt rationale.