Re: R: Re: Celtic, semitic, etc.(pipes dept.)

Roger Mills wrote:

> Evidently.  There is an Czech opera, still popular in Europe I think, called
> "Schwanda the Bagpiper"-- here in the US one occasionally hears its rather
> ponderous "Polka and fugue".  In Czech, Schwanda(?) Dudak; German title
> Schwanda der Dudelsackpfeiffer-- which has to be one of the funniest words
> in just about any language.
In Mark Twain's novel _A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court_, one of
the bogus magic words that the Yankee uses when arranging a spectacular
effect is:

        Constantinopolitanischerdudelsackpfeifenmachengesellschaft

i.e. Constantinople Bagpipe Manufacturing Company.  (What a concept!)

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