I realize that I have an instant association with the sound<\/i> of words, particularly exotic words, independent of their meaning. For example, whenever somebody talks about manchego cheese, the word sounds to me like a character from grand opera.<\/p>\n
“In this evening’s performance,” I hear in my head, “our villain Manchego will be played by the renowned baritone Luigi Montenegro.” Which probably has nothing whatsoever to do with cheese.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, I realize that words which sound exotic to me might sound perfectly ordinary to somebody else. For example, when I was a child, my father was fond of pointing to the name of the great opera composer Giuseppe Verdi.<\/p>\n
“To us,” dad would tell us, “he was Giuseppe Verdi” (rolling out the sound for dramatic effect). “To his audience, he was just Joe Green.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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