On Sun, Mar 23, 2003 at 07:09:19PM -0500, Jim Sharkey wrote:

> Erik Reuter wrote Jim Sharkey wrote                                  
>
> >>This is just contradiction.
> >
> >Actually, it is proaudio
>
> Umm, huh?  Neither dictionary.com nor Websters (admittedly a slightly
> dated printing) have any idea what you're talking about.

It is slang, you see it sometimes in advertisements for professional
audio gear, although they tend to write is Pro-Audio or something like
that.

Plus it was a weird transformation:

contra -> pro
diction (speaking) -> audio (hearing)

So, not completely made up, just bizarre.


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"Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>       http://www.erikreuter.net/
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