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#4025 07/17/00 12:58 PM
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I didn't realise that the point of this board was to be right all this time. I'm afraid many of my postings are far too much "stream of consciousness" to be correct all the time. Surely we learn by our mistakes and it is reassuring (and sometimes very amusing) when one of the board's "authorities" makes a bloomer.

Keep making mistakes everyone and have fun!


#4026 07/17/00 01:00 PM
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After all I didn't become an "addict" by being correct all the time (or very often, actually).


#4027 07/17/00 02:21 PM
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>>Hark! I hear the dulcet, warbling tones of a well-defined diva. Now what can that mean??<<

That means I'm singing, 'Brick! For you I might sing
When Irish Eyes are Smilin'.






#4028 07/24/00 11:09 AM
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I am sorry I don't know the derivation of this phrase, but I think I can show my opinion on why it uses "fat lady" but not "slim lady" or some else. It does have some connection with opera, and in my memories, the lady who sings well and high-pitchedly is usually fat in old operas. And moreover, customarily the last program in an opera will be the best one to show the end and lead to the climax of the opera. Do you think so?

Jessie Xu


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#4029 07/24/00 02:11 PM
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windflower,
you're absolutely right. it takes a strong body to sing at high pitches for long periods of time. there aren't many thin opera singers, especially in the neck department. but there are some.
and we did seem to come round to the idea that the phrase must have had some influence from opera.
keep posting!


#4030 07/25/00 06:11 PM
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>Keep making mistakes everyone and have fun!

And remember: "Ninety percent of this game is half mental!"

"When you get to the fork in the road, take it."





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