![]() ![]() However, it was still being used below the level of standard educated speech. Slang was coined in the 18th century and it mainly referred to the language of “low” or “disreputable” people.īut in the 19th century, the slang language was no longer exclusive to the disreputable people because different groups of people had started developing their own slang words. It can also be defined as the language exclusive to members of a particular in-group designed to create the group’s identity and exclude outsiders. Slang is the vocabulary of an informal register, common in spoken conversations but ignored in formal writing. This article offers you the 22 common Florida slang words to make you sound like a local. ![]() ![]() Fax: (512) 418-1504.If you are planning to travel to Florida soon, you need to familiarize yourself with the local languages, especially slang, so that you can have an easy time interacting with the locals. The traditional, single-LED push switch is replaced with one carrying two LEDs, one red, one green, and the new umbilical, terminated in a spring-locking 8-pin plug, replaces the AC cable.įootnote 1: 10 years after, Casey runs his own specialty audio store in Austin, Ne Plus Ultra. (He or she can give the suspension a tune-up at the same time.) The Valhalla board is removed, along with the ball thrust-bearing under the motor. Modification of an existing LP12 to run with the Lingo is straightforward, but is best left to your Linn dealer. This is then amplified to 120V and fed to the turntable. The high-frequency output of this oscillator is divided down to 50.0Hz (for 33.33rpm) or 67.5Hz (for 45) by conventional TTL chips, and the low-frequency signal is filtered and shaped to give a spectrally pure, low-noise, low-jitter sinewave. The heart of the Lingo is a low-jitter crystal oscillator derived from that used in the ultra-expensive Numerik A/D-D/A processor that Linn Products developed for the pro-audio industry. Yes, there was always the pulley adaptor to enable the LP12 to run at 45, but this was at best a kludge. The Lingo also offers something that we Linn owners who have collections of 12" singles have been begging for over the years-a 45rpm speed. Whereas the Valhalla board delivered a single drive signal to the motor, with the second-phase signal derived by a capacitor, the Lingo synthesizes both phases of the supply voltage. Which is what is is: a power amplifier intended to deliver a high-purity 120V 50Hz sinewave to the turntable's synchronous motor. Constructed on a single well-stuffed circuit-board running the full depth of its aluminum chassis, the inside of the Lingo looks more like a power amplifier. The Lingo, however, is a different kettle of silicon. According to Paul Messenger of the English magazine Hi-Fi Choice, Linn tried to replace the internal Valhalla with an external power supply, the "Wakonda," a couple of years back, but this didn't go into production, it not being felt to offer any sonic improvement. It worked well, giving a noticeable improvement in clarity without diminishing the turntable's soul. The Valhalla board was Linn's first attempt to achieve this object. Using that wall power to feed a circuit dedicated to producing a high-purity, low-jitter drive signal is therefore an obvious step forward. Such a turntable motor that is fed straight from the wall voltage, as was the pre-Valhalla LP12, is therefore subject to the frequency vagaries of your local power company, as well as to the presence of any noise on the line. Take a minute to refill your glass of Veuve Cliquot while I tell you about the latest installment in Linn Products' master plan to achieve analog domination.Ī synchronous motor runs at a speed governed by the frequency of the AC voltage supplied to it. Thus it was that I sat, jaw on my chest, at the difference Linn's new Lingo power supply made to the sound of a fully loaded LP12.īut, as always, I'm getting ahead of myself. And as it wasn't possible to leave for the Antipodes until the following morn, why shouldn't the fellas listen to a few sounds while the ladies oohed and aahed at the wedding gifts. Car-racing enthusiast Casey had persuaded Angela that the most suitable place to spend a honeymoon was Adelaide, Australia-the same weekend as the final 1990 Formula One Grand Prix. It wasn't as bad a case of Audiophilia nervosa as it sounds. Casey works at Brooklyn dealer Innovative Audio (footnote 1) he and wife Angela live in Austin. You met him in my September 1990 review of the ArchiDee turntable table. But Casey McKee? He spent his wedding night at the end of October installing the new Lingo power supply on his Linn LP12. What did you on your wedding night? I know what I did. ![]()
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