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DannyP  +  399531 Thu, 02 Aug 07 12:21 PM
Hello. I need help.

When you're walking through a shopping mall and suddenly everything goes quiet. By chance, everyone in the mall stops talking at the exact same time - What is the term for this phenomenon. I know there is one, i just dont know what it is. I'm doing a philosophical study on 'silence' and any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks heaps.
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Clive  +  399599 Thu, 02 Aug 07 03:56 PM

Hi,

A hush? I don't think there is one specific and precise word.

Clive

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Feebs11  +  399723 Thu, 02 Aug 07 09:54 PM
"An angel passing over" is one idiom/euphemism I have heard for when people all fall silent at once.
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CalifJim  +  399837 Fri, 03 Aug 07 06:09 AM
Yup.  An angel passing is the one I've heard, too.

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Clive  +  399850 Fri, 03 Aug 07 06:44 AM

Hi,

Hmmm. I don't think I've heard that one.

Clive

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