JohnA Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 Mr. Albright,Thank you for your recent suggestion to add "squawker" to ourdictionaries. Our editors will review and research your suggestion. Anychanges to be made as a result of your suggestion will appear in thedictionary when production processes next allow. Unfortunately, due tothe number of suggestions we receive, we are unable to inform you ofthe decision reached by our editors regarding this issue. We appreciate your interest, and thank you for taking the time to write us with this suggestion.Best regards,Sarah IaniDictionary Editorial DepartmentHoughton Mifflin Company wwwtrade@wdcpruw10.hmco.com 01/23/2008 03:41 PM To Dictionaries@hmco.com E-MAIL: colt4530@com....COMMENTS: I'd like to offer a new definition to add to all of your dictionaries.Coined by the late Paul W. Klipsch:"Squawker"Suggested Definition:"a smaller loudspeaker designed to reproduce sounds in the midrange of human hearing. Compare woofer and tweeter."I believe I can provide a copy of the "Dope from Hope" where Mr. Klipsch first used the word. John Albright Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill H. Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 John, I wondered if you also sent this to Wikepedia ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islander Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 So it seems that PWK was a linguistic innovator as well. And I always thought that squawker was a term in general use in the audio community in the middle of the last century. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnA Posted January 26, 2008 Author Share Posted January 26, 2008 No Bill, I haven't sent it to Wikipedia; is it in there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverSport Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 is this something we could help by following up with companion email to them??? Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnA Posted January 28, 2008 Author Share Posted January 28, 2008 I don't know if anyone else can help, or not. I'd guess it would help if one of you went to their home page and sent them a copy of the old DfH (or was it a patent document?) where Mr. Paul first mentioned it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djk Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 The names woofer, tweeter, and squawker come from the sounds the drivers make when played alone, ie: the woofer makes 'woofing'sounds (think of a dog), the tweeter makes 'tweeting' sounds (think of a bird), the midrange makes 'squawking' sounds (think of a chicken or parrot). Onomatopoeia (occasionally spelled onomateopoeia or onomatopœia) is a word or a grouping of words that imitates the sound it is describing, suggesting its source object, such as "click," "clang," "buzz," or animal noises such as "oink", "quack", "flap", "slurp", or "meow". The word is a synthesis of the Greek words ?νομα (onoma, = "name") and ποι?ω (poieo, = "I make" or "I do") thus it essentially means "name creation" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Dee Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 good thought there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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