Word: chirping
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...computer user that his machine had been turned on or that a floppy disk had failed. Then came the Macintosh, with its built-in sound chips and an onscreen control panel that enabled Mac enthusiasts to replace the beep with a boing, a clink-clank or a monkey's chirp. Finally, last spring Microsoft put sound- control software in the latest version of its Windows program, extending the power to customize a computer's noises to the 90 million owners of IBM PCs and compatible machines...
...week ago yesterday, I awoke to the chirp of my alarm clock, stretched and wished my roommate a good morning. That is, I tried. What came out sounded more like a squeak. I tried again, and squeaked again...
...opinion about life as a Harvard undergraduate. I say it quickly, without even really thinking. I rave about my classes, my roommates, even about the times when I've walked through the Yard on a cold December night, my boots crunching in the snow. "It's so diverse," I chirp, sounding eerily like the glossy brochures they hand out at admissions meetings. It's everything you could ever want in a University...
...auditors, "If yer hungry, let me hear you shout, 'Nous avez faim!' " But there can be charm in Babel when the tower has such comely flying buttresses, and when the 12,000 villagers (i.e., cast members) are so eager to please. Where else will you hear a pretty attendant chirp "Bon appetit!" as she hands you a box of sugared popcorn...