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From time to time, I see people use the word "song" to refer to a tune that isn't sung, one without words. While incorrect, vernacular is what it is, so we can'
by hunter2_ 2y ago
From time to time, I see people use the word "song" to refer to a tune that isn't sung, one without words. While incorrect, vernacular is what it is, so we can't get too caught up in it, but "piece" would be most proper (albeit transcending musical art to include other arts) while "tune" is a fine alternative.
But this is the first I've seen people use the word "sing" to refer to a tune that isn't being sung, one being played by entirely non-vocal means. There is no vernacular slop muddying the waters here: everybody knows to say "play" instead. It is truly bizarre.
- justusthane 2y agoI think that wording is used intentionally to anthromorphize the mower.
- hunter2_ 2y agoPeople playing music (through all sorts of non-vocal means) is still a very human experience, though. And it's not like performing vocal music is confined to humans. Plenty of machines can sing in the sense of reproducing songs using a speaker that successfully emulates the voice (the word "play" is more common than "sing" in this case, but let's bend the rules), so anthropomorphizing would make far more sense if those weren't ubiquitous. I guess there have been cases, from time to time, where someone is so good at guitar that they "make it sing"... But this mower doesn't deserve that!