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deinonychus commented on the word speech banana
"The speech banana is a region in which all the phonemes of the world's languages fall on an audiogram. An audiogram is a graphical representation of a person's hearing acuity at a range of frequencies and loudness levels, and it is generally charted with frequency level (in Hertz on the x-axis and decibel level (dB) on the y-axis. When the sounds of speech or phonemes of all known human languages are plotted on an audiogram, they cluster in a banana-shaped region known as the speech banana." (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_banana">Wikipedia)
January 13, 2014
hernesheir commented on the word speech banana
I alerted ruzuzu. This term would fit right in with those on her "This List is Bananas!"
January 14, 2014
ruzuzu commented on the word speech banana
Added! Thanks for the bananalert, hh!
January 14, 2014
fbharjo commented on the word speech banana
apple over?..... there should be other fruit comparisons... a potential list?
January 14, 2014
ruzuzu commented on the word speech banana
So I just overheard a conversation in the breakroom about whether to use vinegar in traps to catch fruit flies. I couldn't help myself--I butted in with a recitation of the old "Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."
January 14, 2014
bilby commented on the word speech banana
See fruit flies.
January 14, 2014
hernesheir commented on the word speech banana
I maintained a fruit fly colony for biology labs long ago. We used sugar and bread yeast dampened with a bit of water in the traps to catch those that escaped into the classrooms and building wing in which the labs were held.
January 15, 2014