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Originally Posted by Tog_
Heh heh, happens to me all the time. Usually with words. The GF used the word moldering once, I thought she made it up. I heard it three TV shows and read it in a book in the next two weeks.
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Obviously you're not an American Civil War buff.
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John Brown's body lies a-mouldering in the grave,
John Brown's body lies a-mouldering in the grave,
John Brown's body lies a-mouldering in the grave,
But his soul goes marching on.
Chorus:
Glory, Glory, Hallelujah!
Glory, Glory, Hallelujah!
Glory, Glory, Hallelujah!
His soul goes marching on.
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This Union Army marching
song was the inspiration for Julia Ward Howe's stirring "The Battle Hymn of the Republic."
As a side note, being an ACW buff myself, and the word being very uncommon, I never realized until your post that
moldering is the preferred spelling today, and mouldering is considered archaic.
As for learning a new word, and then having it pop up again once or twice in the next few weeks, I've had that happen a few times myself.