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In response to "Whenever you're referring to numbers, it's untolled. -- nm" by mara

No, I'm wrong -- it's usually untolled for things that aren't numbers, too. The only time you use untold if you're literally referring to things that

Posted by mara (aka mara) Jul 8 '09, 16:33

haven't been told. (a previously untold story)

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The counting isn't literal. -- nm - the liioulu with fabric flowers and real cake Jul 8, 16:34 2
- No, it has to do with the tolling of bells marking an occasion. -- nm - mara Jul 8, 16:36 1
  - In some cases they toll the bells once for each death. - the liioulu with fabric flowers and real cake Jul 8, 16:39

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