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Thank mav, but like WOW-- it was a phrase of my father's, not mine--so feel free to use it!
and WOW--what do you think something the irish use-- since your varient is very close?
not being able to carry a tune was not my only failing-- I also couldn't hit the broad side of barn(this was the comment that came after i was asked to "toss something" and missed the target.)
i also suffer from elbow disease--every time i flex my elbow-- my mouth opens and something goes in. try that one on your kids at dinner time-- and watch them try to eat dinner with out flexing (bending) and elbow--
if the food was good, and i dilligently scraped the plate clean--my da would look over at the plate/bowl and point to the plain china and state--"there used to be flowers on this china" We still say of good food that someone ate down to the flowers on the plate
slews of other in the same vain-- some complimenary-- some sound so rude--my sisters (unlike myself) tend to have "hourglass" figures--(more like dolly parton really--but not as thin) but they never got told that- what they got told was they were shaped like a sack of potatoes tied in the middle-- especially if they gained a little weight and got a bit "hippy"... -- with knobby bits sticking out, every which way!
and like every good irish person everywhere- if you ask me a Yes or No question, the answer is likely to be yes and no!
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A couple of years ago, Angel Records -- appropriately -- issued "CHANT" a CD of Gregorian chant sung by the Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos. It is still available.
Very calming and beautiful.
Do not suggest playing it while driving motor vehicle, though. It's a bit TOO relaxing for that!
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Bob--a very deep bow of reverence to your knowledge, sir,
and thank you for sharing it.
Bingley--what a great link! Wow, thank you! There is so much here. I chose the info. on searching the internet,
and there's really cool stuff. One of them is something
like info. for Big Dummies on the Internet, a spot that sounds perfect for me.
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Now, just repeat after me: "Om padme hum, om padme hum, ...". Or, as AEnigma will have it, "Omaha pads hum". Anybody here from Nebraska? I'd like confirmation of AEnigma's sagacity, thanks. 
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This is not chant, but it does seem to be an excellent, and beautiful,demonstration of the voice as instrument: http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/maxq/Vocalise-Rachmaninoff.rm For those of us fuddy duddies who like to be able to discern the words, the absence of any in this piece can be viewed as liberating.  P.S. This piece is not streaming media, so for those of you stuck with a 56k dial-up like I am, there will be around 11 minutes of silence while it downloads, before it starts playing. I still think it's worth it.
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Perhaps "conscience" would be the word? For some of us, it speaks very loudly!  "Adversity is the whetstone of creativity"
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In reply to:
...other types of chant besides Gregorian...
I spent 6 months in Korea teaching English, and my favorite moments were spent in Buddhist monasteries, listening to their daily prayers, which can only be described as chants.
Fits nicely with Bob's three definition points of a chant, too.
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Fiberbabe comments: I spent 6 months in Korea teaching English, and my favorite moments were spent in Buddhist monasteries, listening to their daily prayers, which can only be described as chants.My wife's cousin teaches English in Korea, and her favourite moments are drinking with the Yanks at the local airbase. I think the mantra there is "Another beer, please!" 
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My wife's cousin teaches English in Korea, and her favourite moments are drinking with the Yanks at the local airbase. I think the mantra there is "Another beer, please!"
Disgraceful! For such an appalling lack of appreciation for the spiritual, you can go and sit in the infidels' corner, with shanks! 
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