PSA for all Pipers
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Bagpiper or piper are both acceptable when referring to someone who plays pipes, but there are many different kinds of pipes.
List of bagpipes - Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bagpipes
You're probably thinking of Great Highland Bagpipes, when you think of pipes in general.
There's no homonym meaning smoker. In no dictionary is the word "piper" defined as a person who smokes tobacco pipes.
I've never understood why it was such a big deal to you guys. I've never used the word "piper" to refer to pipe smokers. However, the word "backy" used to mean tobacco just makes me deem the user of that word as backwoods psychopath. 
Top 10 anyway for sure. Surprised no one posted the long way to the top for the piper thread.
If a proficient piper puffed instead of played how many pipes do you suppose a proficient piper could potentially puff if that piper puffed pipes pretentiously and not played?
No, but it's very grand, very grand indeed!I chose "Ozpiper" even though it wasn't semantically correct.
I didn't think "OzSmokerOfPipes" had quite the same ring
I've occasionally used the term "pipesters". Will that blow smoke up any piper's kilt?
"To lunt" is a verb which always struck me as trying too hard to introduce esoteric vocabulary unhelpfully.
I listen to bagpipes whenever I want my ears to bleed.
I am in the I don't care camp. As long as there isn't confusion I am fine. Which could happen because both bagpiping and pipe piping are two things that are not acceptable in some locations, such surgical theatres.
I've been addressing the misuse use of "piper" for years here. Thanks for the support. Such misuse no longer irritates. I just put it off on those trying to be "too cute."
I've never even thought to leaqf through the thousands of dictionaries available. To the one here who did, I'm very impressed!
I've never even thought to leaqf through the thousands of dictionaries available. To the one here who did, I'm very impressed!
In the Māori dictionary “paipa” (pretty much a transliteration of piper, and pronounced the same) can be used to describe pipe smoking.
just realized we're not the people for this thread. He says it's for pippers and that pippers are people who play bag pipes. Good news the rest of us can ignore this.
Lunt is a perfectly cromulent word.
Disclaimer:I listen to bagpipes whenever I want my ears to bleed.
The OP is not in support of, nor in defence of pipers and their lot; and it certainly is not intended as an approval of piping under any circumstances, other than at funerals and military parades.
There are two kinds of people on this planet. Those who enjoy good pipe music, and the rest. Most people haven't heard good pipe music. Typical individuals base their opinions on street band playing "Amazing Grace". Probably on a Christmas parade or St. Paddy's day. Pipes are out of tune, some new piper is playing completely different tune.. It's a mess.I listen to bagpipes whenever I want my ears to bleed.
Go to a local highland game and listen to open piper competition or high grade (grade 3 or above) band competition. There's nothing like well tuned and well play pipe music.
It's used therefore it is.
Colloquialisms happen. Slang happens.
Get out of here with your language fascism. I'm an American damnit.