VOX

[ voks ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a device in certain types of telecommunications equipment, as telephone answering machines, that converts an incoming voice or sound signal into an electrical signal that turns on a transmitter or recorder that continues to operate as long as the incoming signal is maintained.

vox

/ vɒks /

Origin of VOX¹

Acronym from voice-operated keying, altered to conform to Latin vōx voice

Origin of VOX¹

Latin: voice

News stories like this one at Vox expressed the consensus view that we were now allying with Assad.

Funny or Die News also features Vox-style “explainers,” including “The Middle East—Why Shit So Fucked Up?”

Vox also catalogues the many Republicans, from Newt Gingrich to George W. Bush, who publicly talked about the climate crisis.

Which brings me to the bone that remains to be picked with Vox, helpful as their tidy summary of the CDC data was.

A recent Vox article, which calls to reduce doctor pay, struck many physicians as particularly off the mark.

Norumbegam illi nobis nescio quam, vrbsque & castella nominant, quorum hodie ne vmbra quidem aut ipsa vox extant.

There are times, when "the spirit of God descends upon the gathered multitudes," and vox populi is vox Dei.

"Lilium, cojus vox generali et licentiosa usurpatione adscribitur omni flori commendabili" (Laurembergius, 1632).

Vox populi est vox Dei is obviously the apotheosis of ones own voice while speaking as crowd-man.

Quid dignum memorare tuis, Hispania, terris, Vox humana valet!

April 19, 2024tortuous

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