Actionable Offenses (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Tom Zurinskas]

Hear Edison speak at the edress belowl

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/papr:@filreq(@field(NUMBER+@band(edrs+50509r))+ at field(COLLID+edison))

One notable pronunciation is of the word "Americans" which sounds like uh-MEDI-kinz.  He often one-flaps the "r" to make it sound like a "d".  Others on some edison cylinders did this as well.  Funny to hear Edison say "EYE-talians."

Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
See truespel.com - and the 4 truespel books plus "Occasional Poems" at authorhouse.com.

> Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:36:22 -0600
> From: Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL
> Subject: Re: Actionable Offenses (UNCLASSIFIED)
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
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> The Internet Archive has a number of Edison cylinders digitized and
> online. Maybe something useful there, as well.
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>> [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Jesse Sheidlower
>> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 11:24 AM
>> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
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>> Poster: Jesse Sheidlower
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>> On Thu, Jan 10, 2008 at 11:55:18AM -0500, George Thompson wrote:
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>>> Actionable Offenses is the title of a CD containing "indecent
>>>phonograph recordings from the 1890s".
>>>(Archeophone Records, 1007) All recordings were done on
>> cylinders; some
>>>are now to be found in the archives of the Edison company, the rest
>>>belong to a private collector. None are specifically dated; the
>>>booklet accompanying the CD (58
>>>pages) discusses learnedly the evolution of the technique of sound
>>>recording during the 1890s, and surveys the careers of the two men
>>>known to have made some of the records.
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>> I'm returning the CD to the library for the time being --
>> I'm about
>>> to leave on a short vacation, and don't have the time to do
>> more with
>>> this. If anyone else has access to it, have at it.
>> Otherwise, more
>>> anon, which is to say, toward the end of January. An
>> indication from
>>> JL, JG or JS as to which words should be given in context would be
>>> useful.
>>
>> George,
>>
>> Thanks for calling this to our attention. Clearly I'll have
>> to get a copy and take it all--some useful stuff here.
>>
>> BTW we now have an 1888 example of _pecker_, but it needs to
>> be checked, which is why it's not in OED Online yet.
>>
>> Jesse Sheidlower
>> OED
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