I called a locksmith today and he said he recognized my voice’s “heavy tone” from a previous job. I wonder whether that’s a translation of a Chinese idiom. Perhaps my voice was gravelly, as it sometimes is in the early morning.<\/p>\n
I sing baritone, and that word comes from Greek bary-<\/i> ‘heavy’, though you’d think the metaphor would apply better to a basso profondo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I called a locksmith today and he said he recognized my voice’s “heavy tone” from a previous job. I wonder whether that’s a translation of a Chinese idiom. Perhaps my voice was gravelly, as it sometimes is in the early … Continue reading