[Dixielandjazz] GRAMMIES

[Jack Mitchell]

I just heard on the news a reference to the Awards night of the American recording industry called the GRAMMIES. Of course I've known for yonks of this grand affair, also that the name comes from the word GRAMOPHONE. I've known for far longer that Americans don't use that word but prefer PHONOGRAPH, which we enlightened people use to refer to cylinder machines. Anyway, it just struck me that given those facts, surely the awards should be known as the PHONIES. Or would that be too literal??

Best wishes
Jack Mitchell