On the way home tonight, I heard the PDQ Bach man say, "electronically modified, can still discern that the main instruments are, in the first, the trumpet and, in the second piece, the human voice."
I thought about what other kind of voice there would be. Sure there are the aliens of the world and yetis and things, but these would not be discernable as alien or yeti. Thus I wondered, what kind of voice would be discernable?
An elephant's voice is the first one that came to mind. It's a trumpet and a voice, too! But is it really a voice? What defines a voice? I looked it up.
Here's Webster 1913
1. Sound uttered by the mouth, especially that uttered by
human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered
considered as possessing some special quality or
character; as, the human voice; a pleasant voice; a low
voice.
So I guess I've got nothing to complain about except my own opinions. But it sure feels like something to complain about. I can't imagine discerning the voice of an anteater.
Posted by dotty at July 22, 2003 10:50 PM