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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. -- Daniel Seriff microtonal@sericap.com http://members.tripod.com/microtonal Honesty means never having to say "Please don't flush me down the toilet!" - Bob the Dinosaur

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