This is lovely, from an article in todays Guardian about the effects the retractable roof has on the tennis at Wimbledon. It amplifies noise, amongst other things. Barnay Ronay writes:
"Even the impact of ball on strings sounds like an octopus whirled about by it's tendrils and violently whapped against a rock."
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Brilliant. But I can't help but wonder what the Guardian would make of it's employees spending their lunch hours whapping assorted animals against a rock purely to see what sound they produce.
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