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Thread #58895   Message #936445
Posted By: GUEST,leeneia
19-Apr-03 - 10:27 AM
Thread Name: Snagging a new piece. How
Subject: RE: Origins: Snagging a new piece. How
Celtaddict: Thanks. If you find any particularly great tunes, let us know what they are and where you got them.

Vindelis: In the U.S., to snag something is to catch it, as if with a hook. For example, "He seized a grappling hook and snagged the trunk just before it sank into the sea." or "I snagged my sweater on the corner of my desk." The little device which repairs snagged knits is called a Snag-nab-it.

(Next, somebody will want to know about "nab.")

I used "snag" because I wanted to call people's attention to the vast number of MIDI files there are on the Internet. I want more people to visualize themselves reaching into that stream and hooking some good tunes for themselves. It seems to be working, at least to a certain extent.