Are we running out of words to express meaning? Must we mangle exiting words instead of creating new ones? If base is bass, should treble be trout to continue the fishy metaphor.
It's always been spelled "bass". 
Changing it now is just going to cause more confusion. 😉
jeff
Changing it now is just going to cause more confusion. 😉
jeff
Oh, well, ewe know...
Slapping some bass. Fishing for some bass. Bass busters. I saw a guy catch a smallmouth bass in Mississippi who called it a green trout. Don't wanna go back to Mississippi no more.
Slapping some bass. Fishing for some bass. Bass busters. I saw a guy catch a smallmouth bass in Mississippi who called it a green trout. Don't wanna go back to Mississippi no more.
Base comes from the Latin word basis which means foundation and the Greek word basis which means step, pedestal. Bass, on the other hand, spreads funk if turned up.
If base is based on basis, then maybe bass is based on bassus (meaning short, low).
base comes from 2 primary sources, confision of synonyms by those who speak English as a 2nd or 3rd language (or don’t speak English at all and google translate everything — as the new forum sw has more clearly exposed), and spell-check coupled with the unfortunately poor prose of many english speaking members.
I try to fix it everytime i see it happen
dave
I try to fix it everytime i see it happen
dave
Omg final we are talking about something important. A bass is a fish, in order to get base out of bass you have to break phonetic rules. Since we have proven scientifically that phonetics is the key to literacy, spelling bass in this way and inventing a hard A which cannot exsist is contributing to the decline of western civilization.
Important and audio related. 🙂
My excuse is because I'm retired and spend about 4 hours every morning perusing the newspapers online and reading through (or is it threw?) some of my favorite forums.
What's your excuse?
Or a Bass Bass - a lower register singing member of the fish species.
Audio has never used Base in sound, as a part of a transistor yes, at least not since the internet use. 🙂 The American English language is made up of many different languages, Latin, Greek, German, etc. so don't ask for it to be logical. 🙂
Audio has never used Base in sound, as a part of a transistor yes, at least not since the internet use. 🙂 The American English language is made up of many different languages, Latin, Greek, German, etc. so don't ask for it to be logical. 🙂
It comes from treble and bass in music.
There is no "base" guitar just a bass guitar.
Or double bass.
There is no "base" guitar just a bass guitar.
Or double bass.
Being English (with genes from the Romans/Kosovo) and personally speaking it badly😀 We don't give a monkeys where our language comes from😍
