Ta-Da!

[Bapopik at AOL.COM]

TA-DA!
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A coworker of mine speculates that "Ta-da!", an expression used  by
magicians about to reveal the end-results of a trick (as opposed  to
"hocus-pocus", used to initiate the audience's perception of a  trick),
is from the Hebrew "toda" (thank you) or "toda raba" (great  thanks).  He
points out that many vaudeville performers were Jewish and  therefore
familiar with at least a few words of Hebrew.

Any  comments?

- James A.  Landau
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I've been hearing "ta-da" tonight on the Oscar telecast. It's my personal
theory that it's related to "Te Deum." I have some papers on the origin of "Te
Deum" in this apartment, but I probably threw it out with all my other
worthless  life's work.
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_Te Deum -  Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Te_Deum)
Te Deum laudamus: We praise you, God: te  Dominum confitemur. we acknowledge
you as Lord. Te aeternum patrem,  As the eternal father, omnis terra
veneratur. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Te_Deum - 18k -  _Cached_
(http://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache:zcJvnV8kdb8J:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Te_Deum+te+deum&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk
&cd=4&ie=UTF-8)  - _Similar pages_
(http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=related:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Te_Deum)
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Email  Address: Bapopik at aol.com

Member:

Name: Barry  Popik

Address: 225 E. 57th Street, Apt. 7P

City, State, Zip:  New York, New York, 10022

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Inquiry: I am extremely  angry that the Encyclopedia of Chicago has stolen my
work, and nobody,  NOBODY!, at the CHS replies. I first gave you my work ten
years ago, so  you plagiarize it from the internet? YOU ARE SHAMELESS!! ..
http://www.barrypopik.com/article/942/2006-update-encyclopedia-of-chicago-ten-yea
rs-of-effort-only-to-have-research-taken-without-credit-or-compensation

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