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- From: leveret@warren.demon.co.uk (Nick Leverton)
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- Subject: Re: Is there an actor
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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 00:52:46 +0000
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- In article <C1C0z0.1tu@ecf.toronto.edu> pelton@ecf.toronto.edu (PELTON MATTHEW ALAN) writes:
- > Doesn't anybody think that the stage direction "beat" is related to the
- >expression "he let a beat pass." Folk etymology says it's related to the
- >musical beat (unit of time). The stage direction says to rest for one
- >musical beat.
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- But Ros&Guil is not set to music ...
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- Seriously, what is the meaning of this expression "to let a beat pass" ?
- I haven't heard it on this side of the Atlantic.
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- Nick
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