Carina can mean the keel of a boat. It is also the name of the bone to which the flight muscles of a bird are attached.
I wonder which came first.
and of course, one of my favorite nebula, in it's namesake constellation:
http://mstecker.homestead.com/etacarina.html
O carina! I whistle for boat and bird keels.
> O carina! I whistle for boat and bird keels.
me too
You bet yer sweet patootie.
Carina - wasn't that a Toyota?
a Toyota?
Naw. It was a Bob Dylan song.
I haven't seen an ocarina for seventy years.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Definition: \Oc`a*ri"na\, n. [Cf. It. carino pretty.] (Mus.)
A kind of small simple wind instrument
Carina - wasn't that a Toyota?
No, it's a song by Domenico Moduno from 1961:
Carina, Carina, Carina,
Tu voglio piu presto casar..."
Remember?
Can't say I do. Prob'ly have to hear it!
Domenico Moduno
He's not the same guy did Volare, is he?
Toyota Corolla
They also made a Corona.
BTW, speaking of Volare, why's it called that when it's about a gal with a blue Pinto?
I've played an ocarina in a Camry...