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This is the Conversation Forum for Trombones << More notes about trombones Trombone Jokes! >> Subject: Trombones/Germany Posted Apr 11, 2001 by Mo Power (Itching Cucumber, Lord of Nonsense elect)   Posting 1 The reason for a trombone being blown at judgement day, in my opinion, is not the connotation with sacral music, but a similarity in vocabular: The German word for the trombone, Posaune, also is used for the horn-like wind instruments, that helped to "blow down" the walls of Jericho in the bible. I think that this instument will be blown (if any, but thats a question of religion) at the end of the Universe (or is there a brass band mentioned in The Restaurant at the End of The World?). Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Trombones/Germany Posted Apr 11, 2001 by Gnomon is an island This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 2 What does the word Posaune derive from? The English word trombone comes from Italian where it literally means "big trumpet" (tromba + -one). A big trumpet would be a reasonable instrument for blowing down walls or announcing the End of the World. But trombone in English has come to be associated with the slide instrument. Does Posaune come from a word mean big? The instrument the Jews used to knock down the walls of Jericho is usually called the Ram's Horn in English, but sometimes by its Hebrew name, the Shofar. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Trombones/Germany Posted Apr 12, 2001 by Mo Power (Itching Cucumber, Lord of Nonsense elect) This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 3 Actually, I am not familiar with the offspring of the word Posaune. But I dont think - perhaps Im wrong - it has something to do with a word for big. Conversation list Conversation list

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