Sometimes I think it's necessary to put the type A aside, or remember to take the meds, and recognize that what one is trying to communicate is what they are experiencing (as in this case, the sound seems to be amplified), as an entry to try and get to the heart of the matter. The technical aspect of what's actually happening is certainly important and needs to be addressed at some point in the discussion in order to tease out the variable (in this case) but here we certainly lost the thread, or any interest in it for that matter, for the sake of nit picking language. I don't think it's a constructive way to pursue this type of dialogue. That's all. David Love www.davidlovepianos.com From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of PAULREVENKOJONES at aol.com Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2009 3:23 PM To: caut at ptg.org Subject: Re: [CAUT] Semantics In a message dated 5/9/2009 4:47:24 P.M. Central Daylight Time, davidlovepianos at comcast.net writes: At this point I think everyone understands that a soundboard is not an amplifier. Maybe. :-) However, why can't one say "the volume of sound produced formerly limited by the inconsequential mass of the vibrating string alone is increased when the energy is transduced to the soundboard whose greater mass and area allow for the greater movement of air". It's closer. Substitute the colloquial meaning of amplified for increased and I don't think the physical world as we have come to know it will cease to exist or all soundboard science will be endangered. Why not just use the correct lexicon?. Precision in language is all well and good and important, at least in most cases--after all we made the first tools and fire (a significant step in the history of science) only being able to grunt. This rather inconsequential transgression It's not a sin, just lazy-mindedness, and fuzzy thinking. I've got enough fuzz in my navel, thanks. Oops, is that TMI? will hardly cause the seeds planted to not grow might could... or put guns in all our pockets, as someone has suggested. Hyperbole, not ad hominem...metaphor, not attack... I'm not sure which side is more guilty of the ad hominem attacks. No person has been attacked. An inarticulate and poor use of language which might lead those who don't know to greater confusion rather than enlightenment has been. Properly so. Point made, time to move on. Don't you mean, let's transduce? :-) David Love www.davidlovepianos.com _____ Remember Mom this Mother's Day! Find <http://yellowpages.aol.com/search?query=florist&ncid=emlcntusyelp00000006> a florist near you now. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut_ptg.org/attachments/20090509/7cbf996b/attachment.html>
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