thrice

[A. Maberry]

The traditional Islamic formula for divorce also involves a three-fold
pronouncement.

Allen
maberry at u.washington.edu

On Thu, 20 Jan 2000, David Bergdahl wrote:

> Repeating things 3 x has more to do with Christianity than with anything
> else: three has a magical function in the West.  Cf. the Biblical 40 [=
> "lotsa"]
>
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