[78-L] Orthophonic as a Trade Mark

Mike Richter mrichter at cpl.net
Sun Oct 5 13:57:04 PDT 2008


DAVID BURNHAM wrote:
> I read years ago that the word was actually a Greek word meaning, (of course), True in Sound, (just like "Viva~Tonal" was a Latin word meaning the same thing).

Picking at a nit, I note that "viva" means 'life', not 'truth'.
"Viva-tonal" is "live sound". (The root for 'truth' is "ver".)

Mike
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