On Mar 29, 2011, at 11:37 AM, Michael Smith wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Mar 2011 09:28:49 -0500
> "Carrol Cox" <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote:
>
>> I love her singing also -- but the hairs rise on the back of my neck
>> every time I hear such words as "pure" outside the chemistry lab or
>> in reference to the bacteria count of food supplies. I don't claim
>> that is the only legitimate context for the word, but whenever it is
>> applied outside that context it needs to be defended.
>
> "Pure" has a rather technical sense as applied to vocal
> quality. It has to do with the harmonic series of the tone.
Carrol has a purist objection to the use of "pure."
Doug