Wonderful, Dan.  The ability to see humor in - or to bring it to - any 
situation is a rare and positive talent!

Ned
On Apr 6, 2012, at 12:44 PM, Daniel Winheld wrote:

>>>> (And, yes.  I say "mics", so why not
>>>> "micing"?).
>>> 
> 
>> "Micing" is normally means "using mice."  Naturally, the word is normally 
>> used by micers.
> 
> "But four mice are really ten times better than two, and you don't need
>  more than six, and you can make a very, very good recording with two if
>  you are willing"
> 
>>> dictionary.com has 'miking', but not 'micing'.
>>> The former's root is the word 'mike'.  'micing'
>>> looks like 'icing' with an 'm' in front anyway :)
> 
> "Ein Mikrofon oder Mikrophon ist ein Schallwandler"
> 
> For Mahler's  Symphony #8, the use of a very large prototype was attempted,  
> "Der Mookrophon", in English- Moocrophone, or "Moose". Utter failure, moosing 
> large ensembles was abandoned.
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