Erik Reuter wrote:
>
> On Sun, Mar 23, 2003 at 07:09:19PM -0500, Jim Sharkey wrote:
>
> > Erik Reuter wrote Jim Sharkey wrote
> >
> > >>This is just contradiction.
> > >
> > >Actually, it is proaudio
> >
> > Umm, huh? Neither dictionary.com nor Websters (admittedly a slightly
> > dated printing) have any idea what you're talking about.
>
> It is slang, you see it sometimes in advertisements for professional
> audio gear, although they tend to write is Pro-Audio or something like
> that.
>
> Plus it was a weird transformation:
>
> contra -> pro
> diction (speaking) -> audio (hearing)
>
> So, not completely made up, just bizarre.
Bizarre, and once explained, kinda neat. Thanks for sharing that piece of
weirdness, Erik. Makes coming off the SF convention a little easier. :)
Julia
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