Subj : New Year's Day.
To   : Anton Shepelev
From : Ardith Hinton
Date : Tue Mar 09 2021 19:36:57

Hi, Anton!  Recently you wrote in a message to Alexander Koryagin:

AS>  it was done not to add speed and dynamics, but to change
AS>  the timber of the voice:


          Usage note:  The English language has adopted many words from French
.... e.g. "litre", "metre", and "theatre"... which USAians prefer to spell with an "-er" ending.  That's not the case here.  USAians make the same distinction between "timbre" and "timber" Canadians do in spelling, but not necessarily in pronunciation.  A few years from now, of course, things may be different.  :-Q

          The first pertains to tone colour or sound quality... the acoustical principle which enables us to recognize the voices of our nearest & dearest or to distinguish between an oboe & a clarinet when we can't see who &/or what is involved, while the second pertains to trees or to the wood derived therefrom.



AS>  Eugeniy Leonov spoke slowly, so that the sped-up version
AS>  would have normal tempo but increased pitch.


          I imagine the same applies to "Alvin and the Chipmunks" (1958).  :-)




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 * Origin: Wits' End, Vancouver CANADA (1:153/716)

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