… Witticisms, Plagiarism, and Language History – Lingua Franca - Blogs - The Chronicle of Higher Education. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)
From Wikiedia: In English, prior to 1770, the standard instrument was called a "hautbois", "hoboy", or "French hoboy" (pronounced /ˈhoʊbɔɪ/ hoh-boy, borrowed from the French name, a compound word made of haut ["high", "loud"] and bois ["wood", "woodwind"]).
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