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Katya Cea Caesura

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Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 8:31 am

Now, there is a long running debate at my school on the singular pronunciation of a specific word...TIMPANI. What do you think the singular pronunciation of timpani is?

Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 10:30 am

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Alternative spellings with y in place of either or both is—tympani, tympany, or timpany—are occasionally encountered in older English texts.

It's one of those words that sounds exactly like it looks. It's really not that difficult. And the plural I'm pretty sure is the same as the singular. >.< or you could just do what my friend does and call them timpanougas.

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Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 1:10 pm

Timpan is the singular.
To be completely correct, it's tympan and tympani. But somehow it's more commonly known as timpani and even less commonly known as timpan drums.

But yes, taking off the last 'i' makes it singular. Kind of like octopus and octopi. Octopi isn't technically correct but the 'i' at the end makes it plural anyway.

Hope that helps!
I'm the only perc. at my school who even knows any of this lol.

Although knowing this doesn't mean people are going to use it right...I still end up calling singular ones 'timpani' XD

Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2009 4:45 pm

Who is Puffer Fish

Timpan is the singular.
To be completely correct, it's tympan and tympani. But somehow it's more commonly known as timpani and even less commonly known as timpan drums.

But yes, taking off the last 'i' makes it singular. Kind of like octopus and octopi. Octopi isn't technically correct but the 'i' at the end makes it plural anyway.

Hope that helps!
I'm the only perc. at my school who even knows any of this lol.

Although knowing this doesn't mean people are going to use it right...I still end up calling singular ones 'timpani' XD

I totally agree with this person. and now im the only one in my school that knos this! mrgreen

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