Cheap, inexpensive or low-end?
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Jack
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Cheap, inexpensive or low-end?
What do you call Generation-type (Walton, Oak, Feadóg, Clare, Mel Bay, etc.) whistles?
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I plump for 'inexpensive',as maybe 'Cheap' has derogatory connotations.
I mean, you find a fabled 'Good Generation'......... you know what I mean!
I mean, you find a fabled 'Good Generation'......... you know what I mean!
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Quality is defined as fitness for purpose,
so i guess i could say i have many quality whistles that were very affordable......
beats saying im a tightass, and bought cheap and nasties huh..lol
Regards
David
so i guess i could say i have many quality whistles that were very affordable......
beats saying im a tightass, and bought cheap and nasties huh..lol
Regards
David
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I call them "mine".... I'm still on the lower end of purchasing power, so even some that others would call "cheap" set me back... I *do* have a couple of those good Gens though... so HaH! 
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It seems to me that "cheapie" is used most often on C&F and it doesn't carry any negative connotation that I can tell. In fact, if I read the tea leaves correctly, there exists a subtle reverse snobbery amongst whistlers, i.e. "if you need an expensive whistle to sound good, you probably aren't a very good whistler." I find this attitude refreshing.
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What would a wild walrus whistle if a walrus could whistle wild?
The second mouse may get the cheese but the presentation leaves a lot to be desired.
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I do, too.walrii wrote:It seems to me that "cheapie" is used most often on C&F and it doesn't carry any negative connotation that I can tell. In fact, if I read the tea leaves correctly, there exists a subtle reverse snobbery amongst whistlers, i.e. "if you need an expensive whistle to sound good, you probably aren't a very good whistler." I find this attitude refreshing.
