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[–] Vincent@feddit.nl 22 points 14 hours ago (4 children)

Who the hell called that a recorder btw? As not-a-native-speaker, the first time I heard that term I was super confused, thinking they were talking about a tape recorder.

[–] ExtraMedicated@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

As a native English speaker, I had the same thought.

[–] USSMojave@startrek.website 11 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Millions of American children are (were?) given these in the third grade and yes they all call them that

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 4 points 8 hours ago

We all had these in school as well in Europe but we just call them flutes.

[–] shadowedcross@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 hours ago

Same in the UK.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 5 points 9 hours ago

Yup, That’s a straight flute.

[–] proudblond@lemmy.world 24 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

It’s an old ass instrument so it had the name long before tape recorders. As for other kind of recording, Wikipedia says:

The instrument name recorder derives from the Latin recordārī (to call to mind, remember, recollect), by way of Middle-French recorder(before 1349; to remember, to learn by heart, repeat, relate, recite, play music) and its derivative recordeur (c. 1395; one who retells, a minstrel). The association between the various, seemingly-disparate, meanings of recorder can be attributed to the role of the medieval jongleur in learning poems by heart and later reciting them, sometimes with musical accompaniment.

[–] Vincent@feddit.nl 7 points 11 hours ago

Damn jongleurs!

(But thanks for teaching me something today!)