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prettygoodwordrataplan (ra-tuh-PLAHN) - n., the sound of continuous beating. v.i., to make such a sound.
As in the beating of a drum or the hooves of a horse. Yeah, go fig, we have a word for it -- but not only do we have a word for it, but so do the French, as we borrowed it from them around 1848, where it was originally ran tan plan, making it an onomatopoeic word. We haven't had enough of those around here lately.
---L.
As in the beating of a drum or the hooves of a horse. Yeah, go fig, we have a word for it -- but not only do we have a word for it, but so do the French, as we borrowed it from them around 1848, where it was originally ran tan plan, making it an onomatopoeic word. We haven't had enough of those around here lately.
---L.
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from La Fille du Regiment (Donizetti)
Date: 2010-09-09 05:28 pm (UTC)Re: from La Fille du Regiment (Donizetti)
Date: 2010-09-09 05:42 pm (UTC)---L.