Humor

At first glance, the word timbre looks like a word Paul Bunyan the lumberjack might have shouted as he plunged through the forests of Minnesota, swinging his ax. "TIMBRE!" he shouted, misspelling all the way to Canada...... But timbre isn't really a lumberjack word at all. Every song leader, of course (of course, right?) knows this is a musical word. Orchestra conductors, as well, enjoy the realities of timbre. This is a fancy word. Fancy words don't sound like what