I wanted to record a South African airport announcement for today's #AudioMo as I'm traveling.

There is a bit of general airport ambiance before the announcement happens.

A few days ago for #AudioMo I posted a recording of a single bird and said I didn't know if I had the recording of the mating pair... But I do!!

I think this is particularly fascinating. The one bird sings an interval of (almost) a fifth, and the other does an approximation of the teeth kissing sound in some cultures used to express disdain, but it sounds so cute, I can't bring myself to make that association with anything other than a smile.

#AudioMo for today comes from 12-year-old me who was, at the time, experiencing her last ever school choir practice, though she didn't know it then.
Though this song isn't great - we're kids and sound like it - it was a lot of fun to perform. I'm not sure what it's called, but as so many international choirs see fit to perform African music, I thought I'd show you it as it sounds slightly more authentically.

Lots of 3 part harmonies, clapping, marching on benches, etc. Yes, there are off notes, and I'm sorry for the pocket rustling, It couldn't be helped.

Today's #AudioMo was always supposed to come from September 2024, but the first time I tried to post a file, it didn't want to upload. The second time, I'd written an entire transcript, and then the audio didn't work. Now you're just getting lion roars. Many, many any of them.

Thanks to @Bermudianbrit for boosting and compressing the audio, and for being my favourite adventure buddy.

Today's #AudioMo comes from October 2023. I was having a tough time. Everything felt like it was gradually going to hell in a handbasket. And then this happened.

This recording was taken at 04:30 one morning, when sleep was illusive and sadness waged war inside me. I heard the birds. And they were stunning. And I recorded them to remind myself that - even in the darkest times - there is beauty, and light, and comfort to be found, if you look hard enough.

I've never done #AudioMo before, but I'm hopping on the bandwagon, if a day late, this year.

This was a recording in October 2023, when @talon and I visited a lion and cheetah sanctuary on his trip to South Africa.

My father loves the sound of woodpeckers, and I thought I'd record this and send it to him.

This recording is 45 seconds of delightful, incessant pecking, with Talon saying "That was cool"right near the end. :)

I had a very interesting conversation on here earlier about how dialects impact the way we write words that don't exist, but that we all use.

Is it "be-coz I said so", or "be-cuz I said so?"

Let's find out.

Spoiler: It's neither. or both. Depending on how you see it. hear it? say it? whatever. all of the above!

This was nerdy and I loved it.

#English #British #American #Dialect #language #languages #linguistics #ActuallyAutistic