11-yr-old viola student picked out a new piece. A bit more advanced than her previous pieces, it included a treble clef.
Girl [pointing]: What's that?!
Me: That's a treble clef, you know about these. You see them in music at school.
Girl: But what's it doing in my music???
Me: Well, it's just to stop us using, like, fifteen ledger lines.
Girl: But I just want the back-to-front three.
Me [slowly]: Vi-o-la clef.
Girl [stubbornly]: Back-to-front three.
Me: Viola clef.
Girl [posh voice]: Well, it might be ... that... in fancy-pants language, but I call it the back-to-front three.
Me: Vi-o-la clef. Um... How do you write your threes?
Girl [pauses]: Oh. Oh. [giggles] How embarrassing. I mean, a back-to-front 'S'.
Me [starting to giggle]: How do you write an 'S' then?
Girl [getting a bit flustered]: Um. I mean. Agh! Just get it out of here!!!
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