Anthill comma: Difference between revisions

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After [[Budjarn Lambeth]] coined this name, the name was called out on the XA Discord for its convoluted etymology, so convoluted that it was actually kind of funny. Multiple editors on the Discord spoke up and criticised names with obscure references like these as being needlessly confusing. They suggested that names like these which convey no information about a comma’s properties are more hindrance than help to musicians and theorists, and that commas would be better off being referred to by just their ratio or monzo instead of by such confusing names. Lambeth had coined a few similar comma names, but this one was the one that was the ''biggest'' stretch, the ''most'' obscure reference, so it was seen as kind of the poster boy for the others.

In response to the criticism, Lambeth retracted almost all of his comma names, wiping them from history. He did not retract this one, however, because one editor remarked that there was actually something oddly fitting about “anthill” for this comma, and that it would be a shame to see this name go. So, this name was left in place. May it stand eternally as a testament to human folly and a warning to future generations.

In response to the criticism, Lambeth retracted almost all of his comma names, wiping them from history. He did not retract this one, however, because one editor remarked that there was actually something oddly fitting about “anthill” for this comma, and that it would be a shame to see this name go.

So, this name was left in place. May it stand eternally as a testament to human folly and a warning to future generations.

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 After [[Budjarn Lambeth]] coined this name, the name was called out on the XA Discord for its convoluted etymology, so convoluted that it was actually kind of funny. Multiple editors on the Discord spoke up and criticised names with obscure references like these as being needlessly confusing. They suggested that names like these which convey no information about a comma’s properties are more hindrance than help to musicians and theorists, and that commas would be better off being referred to by just their ratio or monzo instead of by such confusing names. Lambeth had coined a few similar comma names, but this one was the one that was the ''biggest'' stretch, the ''most'' obscure reference, so it was seen as kind of the poster boy for the others.
-In response to the criticism, Lambeth retracted almost all of his comma names, wiping them from history. He did not retract this one, however, because one editor remarked that there was actually something oddly fitting about “anthill” for this comma, and that it would be a shame to see this name go. So, this name was left in place. May it stand eternally as a testament to human folly and a warning to future generations.
+In response to the criticism, Lambeth retracted almost all of his comma names, wiping them from history. He did not retract this one, however, because one editor remarked that there was actually something oddly fitting about “anthill” for this comma, and that it would be a shame to see this name go.
+So, this name was left in place. May it stand eternally as a testament to human folly and a warning to future generations.