Spelling [wippen vs. whippen]

[Jason Kanter]

So to be certain, we should pronounce it "vippen."
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bradley M. Snook" <bradley@rice.edu>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 11:00 AM
Subject: Re: Spelling [wippen vs. whippen]


| Alan, you have it backwards: wippen is an older spelling of whippen. The
| earliest uses of wippen come through middle low German and Dutch to convey a
| sense of 'moving up and down or to and fro.' From wippen, we also get the
| term whip, which is respelled with wh- for some symbolic reason; it is
| because of this that we see the respelled version of whippen in use today.
| 
| Since both versions are wide used, then both version can be considered
| acceptable. However, it would be nice if we could adopt then original
| spelling, especially since wippen conveys a much clearer picture of the
| intended meaning.
| 
| Bradley M. Snook
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