Re: Gaffa

[CLBECKWITH@aol.com]

In a message dated 95-05-12 12:55:08 EDT, Alan Carter <cartera@x500.bt.co.uk>
wrote:

>Hi,
>
>The Katequote in the FAQ denies this so who am I to disagree, but...
>
>The FAQ reckons gaffa is a reference to the thick, gluey tape
>(gaffer tape) used to control cables when setting up a gig.
>
>I have a feeling it is a play on words. There is an Arabic word
>Qaffa (like in the boss of Libya - G and Q seem to be
>interchangeable when moving from Arabic to English).
>
>My Arabic speaking friend tells me it means "unbelief". Now lots of
>KT songs include Sufi images (mind as house, unconsidered reactions
>like the braying of donkeys, talking drums, the whirling of the
>dervishes, Gurdjieff etc.)
>
>Apparently the Sufis use lots of Arabic words because by and large,
>over the last 1000 years Islam has been particularly welcoming to
>the Sufis.
>
>So in a song where the protagonist is having a spot of bother on
>the Enlightenment front ("that girl in the mirror - between you
>and me she's not going anywhere"), she is suspended in *unbelief*.
>
>Well, it makes sense to me!
>
>Alan

Jesus, Alan, where were *you* during the last Gaffa debate?  :-)

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