Comments on: How They Do Surprise Us, These People We Call Students http://beyond-school.org/2007/09/26/how-they-do-surprise-us-these-people-we-call-students/ A field headquarters in the War on Schooliness. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:50:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Clay Burell http://beyond-school.org/2007/09/26/how-they-do-surprise-us-these-people-we-call-students/#comment-548 Clay Burell Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:37:00 +0000 http://beyond-school.org/?p=362#comment-548 Ha! I actually replied on the Ning with the "plosive" word, which has lounged on the dole in my grey matter since studying post-structural linguistics way back in college. <br/><br/>It's nice to label phonemes for AP exams and other vital occasions.<br/><br/>Interesting about the actors and sound engineers. When I started singing in a band a few years ago, I had my first experience of recoiling from my own mic-amplified plosives, and am still working on minimizing them :) Ha! I actually replied on the Ning with the “plosive” word, which has lounged on the dole in my grey matter since studying post-structural linguistics way back in college.

It’s nice to label phonemes for AP exams and other vital occasions.

Interesting about the actors and sound engineers. When I started singing in a band a few years ago, I had my first experience of recoiling from my own mic-amplified plosives, and am still working on minimizing them :)

]]> By: Sylvia Martinez http://beyond-school.org/2007/09/26/how-they-do-surprise-us-these-people-we-call-students/#comment-546 Sylvia Martinez Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:25:00 +0000 http://beyond-school.org/?p=362#comment-546 This is very cool, both the student and you noticing it.<br/><br/>If he's interested, google "plosive sounds" - those peaks are the bane of a sound engineer's existence along with siblilance (hissing s sounds).<br/><br/>There are whole industries devoted to managing those peaks he's discovered. Actors who can control their own voice to lessen these peaks can actually make more money. This is very cool, both the student and you noticing it.

If he’s interested, google “plosive sounds” - those peaks are the bane of a sound engineer’s existence along with siblilance (hissing s sounds).

There are whole industries devoted to managing those peaks he’s discovered. Actors who can control their own voice to lessen these peaks can actually make more money.

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