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Old 09-25-2007, 07:01 PM   #11
SteveDallas
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Are you being all Grammar/Literature nazi on my ass Mr. SteveDallas?
Coz if you are...
Would I do that? Huh?
(It's a quote from Bartleby the Scrivener, a Melville story.)

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How are you supposed to pronounce 'Turandot'--?
I've heard it both ways (with and without the final T pronounced). FWIW there is some evidence (including second-hand reports of how Puccini himself said it) that that last letter is silent. My guess is, knowing opera fans, you're likely to start an argument either way.
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