Re: "Columbia" - YES!

[WretchAwry <vickie@miso.wwa.com>]

"Columbia now nine times the speed of sound"


is *exactly* what's said. I hear it on *all* my
CDs, I hear it on *all* my albums. (English,
American, Canadian, Japanese)

It's there, crystal clear.

Sorry Wieland, it's not even a matter of
disagreeing with you. It's a matter of what's
actually there in the recording. And "Columbia"
is actually there in the recording. I hear it
on various headphones, I hear it on different
stereo speakers.

I heard it as Columbia the very first time I
heard the song, and I hear it as Columbia now
that I've heard the song a few hundred thousand
times.

Believe me, I've *tried* to hear it other ways,
but it's as impossible as trying to hear
Kate say "Hello Mars" instead of "Hello
Earth"...the only difference being that
"Hello Earth" is in the lyrics, and happens
to be the name of the song so there can't
be *any* disagreement on that.


Perhaps the American accent is throwing you
off. Perhaps Americans who are extremely
familiar with NASA talk and the space shuttle
program and even the "sound" of the microphones
at NASA, having grown up with them, are in a
better position to judge what's being said.
I honestly don't mean that to sound snotty,
but it's the truth. If you don't hear it, it's
not because he's not saying it, it's because...
well, for some reason you're not hearing it.


I love you dearly Wieland, but you've just
come right out and said we're all wrong, so
I won't mince words anymore.

It's Columbia. *You're* wrong.

Vickie (who won't say another word about it)