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. > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
