Fellow Crawleys,
this season 6 Isobel keeps referring to her position on the hospital board with a title I cant pick out. Arminer? Ominor? Honmanor? What word is she saying?
Almoner - the official distributor of alms
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Yes indeed ... "almoner" it is.
I recently "discovered" what should have been an obvious aid in situations like this. After 2-3 rewinds trying to figure out what word(s) were just spoken, I just turn on closed captioning to see it. Not all shows provide that video feed, but many do.
Ironic that I spent big bucks on the speakers for my home theater system, and now my aging ears can hardly tell the difference. Too many years listening to loud rock & roll I guess. 🙂
Apparently an almoner is a hospital social worker, looking after a patient's non-medical needs.
I still sometimes listen to loud rock & roll, but I also sit in the orchestra's brass section, and right in front of the timpani.
Tromboniator said: ... but I also sit in the orchestra’s brass section, and right in front of the timpani.
Damn, do you wear any kind of hearing protection? 🙂
I played trumpet in HS band, and the trombones and tubas were behind us smaller brass. But the french horns were in front of us. The timpani was way in the back in the corner, probably to take advantage of wall reflections. Makes me wonder if there's any kind of "standard layout" in which an orchestra is arranged? Or is it up to the conductor?