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#144783 07/20/05 01:40 PM
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Y'all're are gonna kick yourselves when you find out. And no, it's not a trick question!


#144784 07/20/05 01:54 PM
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> kick yourselves


well, my ego is already seriously bruised, so...

third... third... eins, zwei, drei... no. un, deux, toi... no. do, re, mi... no
hmmm.



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#144785 07/20/05 10:06 PM
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OK, it's still, apparently, used in Britain as the name of a voice part, as the lovely AnnaS said, for boys. In the US, aside from Sacred Harp and, possibly, other specialty usages, it is commonly used as a term in sheet music, but it isn't written out in this context.


#144786 07/20/05 10:11 PM
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shit.

treble.



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#144787 07/20/05 10:26 PM
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Give that man one silver dollar!

Geesh, about time.


#144788 07/21/05 11:40 AM
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Heh. ®


#144789 07/22/05 01:01 AM
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Oh, tribbles! [stamping foot e]


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