Re: numerals
From: | Dan Seriff <microtonal@...> |
Date: | Sunday, June 24, 2001, 22:28 |
Padraic Brown wrote:
> >once, twice, thrice...
>
> Is there anything beyond thrice?
Quice, quince, sece, sepce, octoce, nonce, dece ;)
> >solo, duet, threesome and similar terms
>
> _Trio_, quartet, quintet, etc.
These are all musical terms. Sextet, heptet (or septet), octet, nonet.
Beyond that, stuff usually isn't numbered.
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Daniel Seriff
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