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Re: [LOOP] frippery - the improper noun

> > apparently, frippery is making its way into the lexicon.
> 
> Heh. Taking you way too seriously for a moment, 
> 
> http://www.m-w.com/ 
> lists the etymology of "frippery" as:
> "Etymology: Middle French friperie, alteration of Old French freperie, 
> from frepe old garment
> Date: 1568"
> 
> Now, I don't wish to deny Robert Fripp's early influence on looping, but 
>I 
> somehow doubt he was playing in the court of King Charles IX of France 
>in 
> 1568 :). 

So -was he the one known as "the crimson king",
who invented the Smellotron - where the sharpened keys
of a harpsichord pricked the skins of various fruits?

Cheers,
Scott M2

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