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Can an aside be between two characters on stage and the audience, but still unheard by one of the other characters? As in, is it called an aside when two characters discuss another character "in front" of the character to the audience, but without the supposed knowledge of that character?—the preceding comment is by 205.222.243.61 - 16:12, 5 January 2006: Please sign your posts!

I think that might be called a stage whisper, but I'm no dramatician, so it might be an aside, yes.--Atlantima 00:43, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] what?

According to http://grammartips.homestead.com/relatives.html, "which" is only used to refer to things or animals, not people.Expo377 (talk) 03:03, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Oxford English dictionary

the Compact Oxford English dictionary has the following definition: aside

 • adverb 1 to one side; out of the way. 2 in reserve. 
 • noun 1 an actor’s remark addressed to the audience rather than the other characters. 2 an incidental remark. 
 — PHRASES aside from apart from. set aside 1 temporarily remove (land) from agricultural production. 2 annul (a legal decision or process).

I've only ever heard it in a theatrical context with the meaning of character talking to the audience without being heard by the other characters.