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Thread #3173   Message #15342
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27-Oct-97 - 08:18 PM
Thread Name: How to search for songs -READ ME!
Subject: RE: How to search for songs -READ ME!
an example, from another thread, of how to think about searching for a song

Subject: RE: Whiskey In The Jar From: dick greenhaus Date: 21-Oct-97 - 01:41 PM

FWIW- If you search for whisky (Scots beverage) you won't find whiskey (everybody else's tipple. If you search for whisk* you'll get both (as well as whiskers and whisked). If you search for [in the jar] you'll find all the songs that use that phrase (the square brackets specify a phrase}