[lbo-talk] "purity," "authentic," "genuineness"

[// ravi]

On Mar 29, 2011, at 11:42 AM, Doug Henwood wrote:
> 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.”
> 

Come on now, let’s not get ‘purile’. :-)

	—ravi