NOOKS AND CRANNIES



What does the 'G' in G-string mean? Sian Walker, Hove England Gee! Dave Kernick, Princeton, BC Canada Gussett. The garment is basically a gussett on a string. Jane Scott, Nottingham Groin. (See Webster's New Yorld Dictionary, 3rd Edition) Joshua Dibble, Ithaca USA G is the note you get when you play it. Robert Hanstock, Pangbourne England Not being a musician this is a guess. The smallest string on a, guitar is the G string, G strings are very small, etc. etc. Richard Hines, Perth Western Australia The origin is uncertain. The earliest citation is as American English "gee string" (1878 )for a loincloth,or breechcloth, but probably once just the *string* holding up the cloth, as worn by AmerInds, rather than the whole 'garment' (which I suppose the modern version is, in the briefest possible way). The first cited spelling 'G string' (US 1891) was perhaps influenced by G-tuned string of violin (cited as G string 1831). The first striptease use for 'G string' is US (1936) in Don Passos' "Big Money". David Adams, London, UK



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