Trip trap trip trap (was Re: Can sound be put in these messages?) (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Wilson Gray]

When the troll heard the cloven hoofbeats of The first Billy Goat
Gruff, Little, he came out from under the bridge to eat him. But
Little told the troll to wait for Middle, a bigger Billy Goat Gruff
that would make a better meal. Middle gave the troll the same rap WRT
to Big Billy Goat Gruff. But Big turned out to be too big for the
troll to handle and he kicked the troll's arse. So, all three Billy
Goats Gruff made it safely across the bridge.

The story is rivetting and unforgettable. Once you've read it, it's
with you for the rest of your life. Nowadays, though, people would
probably call them "The Three Billy Goat Gruffs."

-Wilson

On 5/11/07, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC <Bill.Mullins at us.army.mil> wrote:
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> I believe a troll lived under the bridge in that story.
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> > Subject:      Trip trap trip trap (was Re: Can sound be put
> > in these messages?)
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> > What exactly does "trip, trap, trip, trap" imply? I see that
> > it's from the "Three Billly Goats Gruff," a story which I'm
> > actually not familiar with.
> >
> > Scot LaFaive
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> > >From: Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at IX.NETCOM.COM>
> > >Reply-To: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> > >To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> > >Subject: Re: Can sound be put in these messages?
> > >Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 09:28:50 -0700
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> > >Subject:      Re: Can sound be put in these messages?
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> > >
> > >trip, trap, trip, trap...
> > >
> > >Tom Zurinskas wrote:
> > > > I guess what some are saying is that they're using some
> > old dial-up
> > >modems
> > > > that can't handle the size of sound files.  I simpathize with you.
> > > > Meanwhile, in modern times, there are cable modems and
> > DSL telephone
> > >modems
> > > > that have no problem with bandwidth.  Get onboard.
> > Meanwhile should
> > > > diminished capability hold back others?
> > > >
> > > > I have to say that anyone who would want to thwart sharing sound
> > > > files
> > >in
> > > > this forum has some agenda against something or someone that is
> > > > beyond
> > >my
> > > > comprehension.
> > > >
> > > > Meanwhile there have been some good suggestions as to how
> > to do it.
> > > > I appreciate that.  I know there are some programs that
> > put a link
> > > > in an
> > >emali
> > > > to go to a voice message.  Perhaps that would work.
> > > >
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