Carillonneur vs. carillonist

[Carl S Zimmerman]

At 06:32 +0000 06/09/22, Richard Offen wrote (subject "[Bell 
Historians] Re: Call for papers on ... bell-casting?"):
>--- In 
><mailto:bellhistorians%40yahoogroups.com>bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, 
>Carl S Zimmerman <csz_stl at ...>
>wrote:
>>
>>  A fellow carillonist has drawn my attention to a forthcoming series
>>  of conferences, to be held annually in Oxford from 2007 to 2010.
>
>Why have you all suddenly become 'carillonists'? What was wrong
>with 'carillonneurs'?
>
>R
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"All" is too much of a generalization.  The GCNA remains The Guild of 
Carillonneurs in North America, and I remain a Carillonneur Member of 
the GCNA.  However, there are a number of carillon aficionados 
(myself included) who regard the word "carillonneur" as an accident 
of history, and the word "carillonist" as more appropriate for the 
English language.  For more details, see
http://www.gcna.org/data/Glossary.html

Carl