Ever wonder?

[Hudmister]

My mother once asked me if I was still playing that damn banjo. I have given up telling her it's called a mandolin.

[Captain Kirk]

My mother once asked me if I was still playing that damn banjo. I have given up telling her it's called a mandolin.

[sunburst]

Lynchburg Virginia was my hometown. It is surrounded by Amherst, Bedford, and Campbell Counties. Each of the three counties has it's own distinct accent...

When I moved from Alleghany County to Nelson County (VA), no more than about 80 miles, and about 30 miles from Lynchburg, when I first got there there were native speakers with accents so different that I could barely understand what they said!

[DavidKOS]

I've heard Italians say, mon-do-lean.

Actually it's "mandolino" in Italian.

man - do - LEE - no

https://translate.google.com/?hl=en&...n&op=translate

[tmsweeney]

Well mando - obviously "hand or with the hand" in Latin, implying the right hand plectrum as opposed to a bowed instrument ?
I wonder if all names for a Fretted lute tuned in 5ths are from the Latin root? Lute, Flute, oh dear.....

the ola- olin - olino stuff, haven't a clue.