XPost: alt.lang.asm   
   From: pc+usenet@nospicedham.asdf.org   
      
   "Kerr-Mudd, John"  writes:   
   > can post that if required. [I don't think ETUDE is a valid word; I   
   > changed it to EXUDE]   
      
   Borrowed from French, cognate to "study", it's a fancy word for a piece   
   of music, typically as part of a whole set of them, intended more for   
   practice than for enjoyment. Plenty of examples in Scarlatti, JS Bach,   
   Chopin, Liszt, &c.   
      
   Of course, exude's a great word too, in particular when delivered   
   by the right commedian, so both should stay in.   
      
   The nice thing is that having the words read in from a file, anyone   
   can expand or contract it at will.   
      
   Phil   
   --   
   We are no longer hunters and nomads. No longer awed and frightened, as we have   
   gained some understanding of the world in which we live. As such, we can cast   
   aside childish remnants from the dawn of our civilization.   
   -- NotSanguine on SoylentNews, after Eugen Weber in /The Western Tradition/   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)