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Miriam L. Mueller

Re: Divided by a common language

June 20, 2006, 5:59 p.m. (Message 45596, in reply to message 45590)

And these don't include the effects of local "accents". I remember a
dance in New Zealand where the talk-through started with what sounded to
American me like: "All sit." It was a moment before I realized that the
initial step was pas-de-basque, and had a chuckle to myself at my
expense.
        Mimi/Miriam Mueller        San Francisco


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