Date:Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:10:03 -0800
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Subject:Re: Fwd: New word? / technical term?
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I think "extro" might be a CBC or generic Canadian usage. I've
certainly heard and used "outro" at many US stations and networks,
including NPR and the Voice of America. It don't get more polite than that.
John Ross
At 2/11/2008 06:57 PM, you wrote:
>Also known as an "extro". I don't think "outro" was ever used in
>polite society, just by the same people who think volume controls
>are called "pods" instead of "pots".
>
>dl
>
>Tom Fine wrote:
>>John is right and I would imagine this is a helpful piece of
>>software for the producer of podcasts or web segments. You could
>>make one file of "This podcast brought to you by Joe's Dairy" or
>>"This Podcast produced by Joe Schmoe" and automatically tack it to
>>the end of each new clip.
>>In web terms, it's sort of like using PHP's "include" command for a
>>text file of HTML code for a copyright notice or navigation bar
>>that goes in the same place on each page of a website.
>>-- Tom Fine
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "John Ross" <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 9:03 PM
>>Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Fwd: New word? / technical term?
>>
>>>An "outro" is an announcement at the end of a program or program segment.
>>>
>>>e.g., "That was our correspondent Roy Eagerbeaver, reporting from
>>>Ouagadougu."
>>>
>>>See also the Bonzo Dog Band's "The Intro and the Outro," which has
>>>little or nothing to do with the common usage in broadcasting, but
>>>it's fun to hear.
>>>
>>>John Ross
>>>
>>>At 2/11/2008 05:54 PM, Barbara wrote:
>>>> From another listserv:
>>>>
>>>>Begin forwarded message:
>>>>
>>>>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>>>>
>>>>>http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/26149/sound-studio-monbot%3a-
>>>>>bookend-audio
>>>>>
>>>>>[P]lugin adds an -intro_ and [an] _outro_ to an audio [file].
>>>>>
>>>>>I'm not hip enough to this stuff to know what an "outro" is.
>>>>>------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org
>>>>
>>>>Thoughts?
>>>>
>>>>Barbara
