Now "modicum" is a lovely word. And I know that though I haven't thought of it for ages I'm going to come across it being used several times in the near future, that's how it always works put. (And I don't mean on the Mudcat where people might have picked it up from Greko.)

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Who was it did the tomato song pronouncing the words "tomato" and "potato" the same way both times, with the punch line being something like "I can't see what the problem is supposed to be with this relationship..."

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In some ways and with some traditions the piano is traditinal - but it's not exactly portable, and that gets in the way of some types of folking music. Mind a proper full-sized digeridoo isn't portable either - it's a hollow log miles from anywhere. And an Alpenhorn won't fit in your pocket.