[Dixielandjazz] Calling Dutch and Flemmish listamtes

[Marek Boym]

Actually, when I attended all those Dutch festival, one thing that
struck me were the imaginative band names (some in English or even
French) - in addition to the quality of music, of course.
Cheers

On 22/04/2010, David M Richoux <tubaman at tubatoast.com> wrote:
> Great! Thanks for the explanation - so many OKOM band names need resolution
> like that.
>
> I am also amused by the Dutch word used for the Carnival street brass bands:
>  "Dweilorkest"  which I am told (by some folks on DJML) roughly translates
> as "Mop Band - going from one side of the street to the other like a drunk
> with a mop, soaking up all the beers while playing." or something like that.
> A very "Loaded" name!
>
> (for more: http://www.dweilorkesten.info/ )
>
> Dave Richoux
>
>
> On Apr 22, 2010, at 1:13 PM, Bert Brandsma wrote:
>
> > Hello Dave,
> >
> > This one is going to be hard to explain, but I'll give it a try.
> >
> > Het Fluitekruidt   is a name with a few tricks.
> >
> > In the first place, the correct Dutch name for the flower is Fluitekruid,
> so without the t at the ending.
> > Another thing, Fluit means Flute, so a musical instrument.
> >
> > When the band started there were several people in the band that studied
> Dutch language.
> >
> > They made up the name, this way since it is kind of double.
> >
> > the word "het' in front of Fluitekruid , would mean : the flower.
> >
> > But with the extra T behind it, suddenly the meaning also can be seen
> something like :
> >
> > The flower is fluting. (Or playing the flute)
> >
> > So it is a kind of intelectual wordplay, a bit hard to translate, but I
> hope you will get an idea.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > Bert Brandsma
> > www.dixielandcrackerjacks.com
> >
> >
>
>
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