[SML] Podium

Keith Arsenault iaeg.sml at gmail.com
Wed Aug 24 14:30:43 UTC 2016


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> On Aug 24, 2016, at 10:27 AM, Keith Arsenault <iaeg.sml at gmail.com> wrote:
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> unfortunately . . there are commercial suppliers of “lecterns”  who label them in their catalogs as “podiums” 
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> and thus the problem grows among the un enlightened . . 
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>> On Aug 24, 2016, at 10:06 AM, Steven Hood via Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
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>> Good reminder for the beginning of term. I may paste a copy of this on our lectern in hopes that presenters will stop calling it a podium. They call the conductor's podium by the correct term... why they insist on using the same word for the lectern I don't know.
>> SHood
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>> On August 24, 2016 6:59:34 AM Herrick Goldman via Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
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>>> Just found this quote on facebook and figured it’s been too long since we had a refresher:
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>>> "When you stand up to make a speech, it helps to have a PODIUM, a ROSTRUM, or a LECTERN. The first two (different root sources) are platforms for speakers, conductors, or leaders: a podium (Greek, “foot) is a place to stand, a foot above the others, so that you may be seen and heard. Rostrum (Latin, “beak”) comes from a platform in the forum of Rome; it was decorated with images of Roman war galleys, which have a prow shaped like a beak. A lectern (Latin, “to read”) differs from the others in that you cannot stand on it; instead, it is designed with a sloping top and a low shelf at the bottom so that you can rest a book or papers on it.”
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