Hannah French - Vivaldi book & sparrow fart

[AuntDaisy]

Hannah French has a lovely turn of phrase... Looking forward to her Vivaldi book.

Hannah French @hannahcfrench
I've been up since sparrow fart writing about Vivaldi and death. Turns out to have been an auspicious day for it.
#onedaythisbookwillbedone #notyetthough
9:31 AM · Jul 27, 2024 · 2,127 Views

[oliver sudden]

‘Sparrowfart’ is one of the recorder concertos isn’t it?

https://youtu.be/0F3SlMFLI6A?feature=shared

[AuntDaisy]

‘Sparrowfart’ is one of the recorder concertos isn’t it?

https://youtu.be/0F3SlMFLI6A?feature=shared

I can't unhear that now! "Il Scoreggia di Passero"

[oddoneout]

"crack of sparrow fart" is the version I've always used for unreasonably early in the day.

[AuntDaisy]

"crack of sparrow fart" is the version I've always used for unreasonably early in the day.

Thank ooo, new to me.

[kernelbogey]

'Since before sparrow fart' down ere.

[MickyD]

I can't imagine Michael Talbot or H C Robbins Landon using that turn of phrase.

[oliver sudden]

I’ve used it for decades. It feels a bit like James Joyce via Barry McKenzie but I’ve never checked.

[oliver sudden]

Fancy that!

https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jul/19/thrushes-blackbirds-awake-sparrows-fart-country-diary

[Pulcinella]

Wordnik would have us believe it's from Yorkshire.

sparrow-fart

Definitions

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• noun uncountable, UK, Australia, slang A time very early in the day; dawn.
• noun countable A person or thing of no consequence.

Etymologies

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From sparrow + fart. In the dawn sense, apparently UK dialect (Yorkshire) from ante 1828.

[Serial_Apologist]

"crack of sparrow fart" is the version I've always used for unreasonably early in the day.

With all the early banging and scraping I've been up at the builder's crack every day now for the past month!