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Re: Anthropophony redux

Subject: Re: Anthropophony redux
From: madl74
Date: Fri Jun 27, 2014 3:50 pm ((PDT))
The geek in me came forth and I looked in several online dictionaries. 

The partial noun "anthropo-" is defined as a prefix mesning "pertaining to 
man" (or mankind), and "-phony" is a dictionary defined suffix indicating a 
type of sound. These partials can be combined to produce the noun 
"anthropophony", so it has the blessing of dictionary definitions as "human 
produced sound". 

This would appear to include sounds ranging from church choirs to 
jackhammers. :-) 

David Brinicombe 

 







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