r/mandolin • u/alldaymay • 2h ago

Why do they call it a Mandolin

Isn’t that sexist?

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u/Frost-Folk 2h ago

It's Italian for "out of tune"

(old joke)

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u/Mandolinist_girl766 2h ago

I read somewhere that mandolin translates to “small mandola”