On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 5:55 PM, Gautam John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122367645363324303.html#articleTabs_comments > > In Defense of Piracy > > > "When I was a boy...in front of every house in the summer evenings you > would find young people together singing the songs of the day or the > old songs. Today you hear these infernal machines going night and day. > We will not have a vocal chord left. The vocal chords will be > eliminated by a process of evolution, as was the tail of man when he > came from the ape." > A new generation of "infernal machines" has now reversed this trend. > New technology is restoring the "vocal chords" of millions. Why is it that the word "cords" is always mixed up, even by erudite writers, with the word "chords"? "Chords" are a combination of notes; "cords" are strings, and "vocal cords" are what human beings have...an organ where the string-like features are "twanged" to produce sound and speech. Deepa.
