Subject: Re: sometimes behave so strangely From: Linda Seltzer <lseltzer@xxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 09:40:04 -0500 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>I am hearing "so strangely" as a major second interval followed by a minor sixth. The notation displayed is D-C-F, but I hear D-C-E, as if the phrase wants to resolve to F. > Dear list, > > I've had a number of requests for the sound demonstration I > presented at the recent ASA meeting in Honolulu, in which the spoken > phrase 'sometimes behave so strangely' following several > repetitions, appears convincingly to be sung rather than spoken - > though there is no musical context and no physical transformation of > the sound. This demonstration, together with spoken commentary, is on > my CD 'Phantom Words and Other Curiosities' (available from Philomel > Records - http://www.philomel.com). > > The sound demonstration is also posted on the website: > > http://philomel.com/phantom_words/description.html#sometimes > > and it's described in the booklet accompanying the CD, which is > posted at: > > http://philomel.com/phantom_words/booklet/ > > Happy Holidays! > > Diana Deutsch > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > > Professor Diana Deutsch > Department of Psychology > University of California, San Diego > 9500 Gilman Dr. #0109 > La Jolla, CA 92093-0109, USA > > 858-453-1558 (tel) > 858-453-4763 (fax) > > http://www-psy.ucsd.edu/~ddeutsch > http://www.philomel.com > > > > > >