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

[Scot LaFaive]

I guess I'm just not seeing the connection between that story (trip trap,
trip trap) and Tom's comments.

Scot LaFaive


>From: Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM>
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>Subject: Re: Trip trap trip trap (was Re: Can sound be put in these
>      messages?) (UNCLASSIFIED)
>Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 02:17:46 -0400
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>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."
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>-Wilson
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>On 5/11/07, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC <Bill.Mullins at us.army.mil> wrote:
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> >               messages?) (UNCLASSIFIED)
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> > I believe a troll lived under the bridge in that story.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
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> > > [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Scot LaFaive
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> > > Subject: Trip trap trip trap (was Re: Can sound be put in
> > > these messages?)
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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
> > >
> > >
> > > >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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> > > >Poster:       Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at IX.NETCOM.COM>
> > > >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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