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Hearsing...?

Mon, 16 June 2003, 09:29 am
crgwllms6 posts in thread
In my recent conversation with Tomas, I equated "the process" as being what we call "rehearsal"... and now I want someone to explain this word 'rehearse'..?

I understand the "re" prefix, as in we repeat things and re-do them and revise them....but what is it we're re-doing? Is the initial walk through of a play called a 'hearse'?

Is that anything to do with 'corpsing'?



....spiralling down my own rabbit hole of this crazy language we try to communicate in...

Craig

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Re: Hearsing...?

Tue, 17 June 2003, 02:05 pm
Touch of both. I knew the origins of the word were basically French and Farming related. I did have to look up HERCE in an on-line dictionary to confirm my facts though.

Jeff "Double Check" Watkins

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