Tuesday, July 03, 2007
Musette
A musette is a small bagpipe. I saw one at the Auckland Museum on Tuesday night when we took the children to Egyptian night at the Museum. The musette isn't Egyptian, I don't think, but we were waiting for some time before the start of the performance and spent our waiting moments reading about all the different kinds of instruments on show. The musette was one of them. I don't remember it looking anything like a bagpipe but, then again, I had to look at it by the light of a torch. Thanks for adding your meanings for musette. I liked the meaning invented by silver_flight and so did lots of you, as it was the winner on the poll. Well done, s_f.
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Musette - a long crispy bread roll with wierd fillings such as ice-cream, ham, strawberries, cheese and gravy, such as to make you laugh (or groan)with every bite.
It's a mini-Muse, which gives you about half a dose of inspiration at any one time. Usually known to visit writers of soap-operas, most adverts and British Eurovision songs.
Musette - pronounced "MU-ZETTA", is a stone that produces inspiration for someone. If the person who is seeking inspiration is sensitive and receptive, then a mere stroke of the stone will suffice. For those of a more pig-headed, self-absorbed nature, often having the stone chucked at them brings about the most profound inspiration.
Musette: An animal that produces a sound that is so beautiful but can only be heard by those who believe in it.
Musette - a term typically used to describe a female Moose.
Jason.
theitmanagersjournal.blogspot.com
A MUSETTE IS A CONTAINER OF LIQUIDFIED ROSE PETTLES THAT ACCENTUATE THE BEAUTY AND FRAGRANCE OF A CATACOMBS.
A musical performance that leaves the entire audience musing and marvelling.
musette...pronounced [mm-use-it]........is a term used to describe very obvious and useless warnings that companies print on their products maybe just to fill up the gaps on the cover....
eg- warning: tends to make the consumer tipsy [on a whisky bottle]
a musette is a short daydream - often no more than a mental image, which may be associated with a person or place.
Mr Black came into the office.
"I've decided to give you a rise, Chivers"
The musette involving an Uzi and a cowering mr Black disappeared abruptly from Chiver's mind...
"A rise, sir?"
"Yes - you're joining the lift maintenance team"
...only to be replaced by one much worse...
A musette is a small square of embroidered muslin that was used by ladies in olden days to cover their amusment at the latest beau in town.
It is more fancy and delicate than a handkerchief and was eventually used as part of an elaborate signalling system where different embroidery signified different meanings.
In the end the system got so intricate with some ladies carry multiple musettes that there had to invent a 'musette bag' - that's what they are talking about in all those Band of Brothers episodes. A bag full of signalling equipment.
Oh my, I think I might have wondered off track.
A musette is a type of bimbo groupie who follows rock bands around.
I was going to ask (as a typical provincial American) if Internet cafes were likely to be open on July 4th (our Independence Day), then I checked your profile and noted you're a Kiwi. (I read in a novel that that is a designation for New Zealanders.) So, I'll catch up with y'all (I'm a Texan) on Thursday.
In case anyone is interested, musette involves the typesetting of m-sounding consonants for non-Latin languages. For example, in Greek, the letter in question is called "mu", in Hebrew it's "mem" (pronounced exactly like the English word "meme"), and there are other letters for Arabic, Farsi, and so on.
Musetting is more of an avocation rather than a full-time profession.
musette (n)- the first inkling of a brand-new idea, yet to be developed, thought about, and tested.
Musette - one of the mythic nine little women who sit upon men's shoulders giving them wise hints, such as "buy flowers," "do the dishes," or "pick up your underwear." Men typically consider such ideas to be their own romantic and artistic inspiration.
(Well, actually, Musette is the manufacturer of my piano that has been sitting in my living room since I was 12 years old, some 40 years now. But that's another story!)
Musette: a miniature fairy who draws old men and women into a dreamlike sleep causing them to be oblivious to nocturnal disturbances. "Harry and Edna being advanced in years, would prepare for bedtime with linament, false teeth removal, eyepatches to block out the moonlight, and taking their evening pills. Each night the expectation was there that one or the other would be disturbed by each other's frequent trips to the jon, more pill taking, and loud snoring that the neighbors could even hear. But magically, as their heads would lie upon their pillows, the musettes would flicker at the windows slipping in under the ledge, and scattering their fairy dust and playing their dream inducing melodies. One would whisper in Harry's good ear, while another would kiss Edna's forehead with slumber dew. Both Harry and Edna slept deeply, never imagining that musettes had been there, lulling them to their rest."
slumber dew. that's brilliant.
a musete is a minature muse eaten by mouseketeers
musette (n) a stool commonly found in Parisian bars designated for the inspiration of alcoholic ex-patriate North American writers.
Langorously crossing her legs while sitting on a musette, Yvette declined his offer for a stick of gum and asked in her broken accent, how long will you be staying in France?
A musette is a tiny polite joke of the kind favoured at elderly English ladies afternoon tea parties.
" Sugar? Ethel dear," queried Florence,
"Oh come come my dear Mrs Ponsonby!" Chuckled the Reverend Simms, "Surely the dear lady is quite sweet enough?"
Much blushing and simpering ensued.
A musette is a short musical composition, frequently less than a minute long and seldom over two. Popular during the 17th and 18th centuries, it appears today primarily in plays, movies, and advertisements.
Stephen from Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
http://stephen-has-spoken.blogspot.com/
A musette is a mini museum with tiny works of art and tiny curators. Guests can be any size, but should expect to feel somewhat squished.
Awww, thanks guys...winning made my day. I love this blog :-)
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