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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Oompah #126864 04/03/2004 2:54 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA If most all of the music produced by an oompah band is in 3/4 time, and if this word is supposed to mimic the sound of the band, why is it not called an "oompahpah" band and "oompahpah" music? P.S. Can you tell that we spent last weekend in romantic Leavenworth, a mock Bavarian town in the Washington "alps"? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Oompah Father Steve 04/03/2004 2:54 AM Re: Oompah Capfka 04/03/2004 4:15 AM Re: Oompah RhubarbCommando 04/03/2004 12:31 PM Re: nuncle-duster jheem 04/03/2004 12:42 PM Re: nuncle-duster RhubarbCommando 04/03/2004 12:53 PM Re: nuncle-duster jheem 04/03/2004 1:02 PM Re: nuncle-duster RhubarbCommando 04/03/2004 1:11 PM Re: nuncle-duster belMarduk 04/03/2004 3:39 PM Re: nuncle-duster wwh 04/03/2004 7:13 PM Re: oom-pah-oops AnnaStrophic 04/03/2004 11:46 PM Re: oom-pah-oops Father Steve 04/04/2004 2:17 AM Oompah band Father Steve 04/04/2004 2:22 AM Re: Oompah band tsuwm 04/04/2004 3:37 AM Lederhosen Father Steve 04/04/2004 4:55 AM Re: Lederhosen Capfka 04/04/2004 6:18 AM Re: Lederhosen belMarduk 04/04/2004 9:16 PM Re: Later hosen... Buffalo Shrdlu 04/04/2004 9:36 PM Re: Lederhosen Father Steve 04/04/2004 10:25 PM Re: Lederhosen Fiberbabe 04/04/2004 10:35 PM Re: Lederhosen belMarduk 04/04/2004 11:56 PM Re: Lederhosen Father Steve 04/05/2004 5:17 AM Re: Lederhosen belMarduk 04/05/2004 10:29 PM TEd, you're a horrible influence TEd Remington 04/11/2004 11:10 PM Re: TEd, you're a horrible influence Buffalo Shrdlu 04/11/2004 11:20 PM Re: Oompah wow 04/03/2004 10:02 PM Re: Oompah Faldage 04/03/2004 10:20 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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