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You're listening to Away with Words, a show about language and how we use it. I'm Grant Barrett.

And I'm Martha Barnett. I'm having more fun lately with a

1909 volume called Passing English of the Victorian era by J Redding Ware.

Oh, intriguing.

The thing that caught my eye was there was a dictionary entry there

that included musical notation.

Oh, interesting. A treble cleft and a staff. that included musical notation.

Oh, interesting.

A treble clef and a staff and notes.

It's this little time capsule of a particular expression that was used in those days.

And the expression is please mother open the door

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