Tag: english
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Decay Time: The Reverberation of Words
The time it takes for a sound to hang in suspense like that is called decay time. Or. Reverberation time. It’s half life will depend on the acoustics of course. Some sounds will last longer than others. If the sound or the word is pronounced in a room with perfect acoustics and the listener is…
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How Are you?

This is such a strange question to ask a person – “How are you?” This word ARE. How ARE you? The book tells me that ARE means “Second person singular and plural and first and third person plural present indicative of be” Ok, that makes a lot of sense. About as clear as mud I think.…

