[HPforGrownups] Re: Filk

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 13501

pbnesbit at msn.com wrote:

> > Carole Estes wrote:
> > >
> > > By the way, what does filk stand for?  I write a
> > > lot of silly songs, but I didn't know there was a name for it.
> >
> > Apparently it started life as a typo for "folk" on the program of >
> a science fiction convention, and went on from there to mean >
> "parody-type songs written to the tune of existing songs" up to > and
> including "fannish music in general."

I always thought it was a play on both "folk" and "filch," because the
tunes are generally filched from other sources.

--Amanda


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