Blog: Hypercorrect

For those of you not privileged enough to have a copy of Schott's Miscellany Page-A-Day Calendar, I've decided to post January 5th's entry for your amusement and feedback. THE WORLD'S WORST SOUNDS Professor Trevor Cox, an acoustics expert at Salford University, spent a year researching the world's worst sounds. Cox posted clips of 34 objectionable noises online, which were rated by 1.1 million visitors. In 2007, the sounds voted most unpleasant were: 1. Vomiting 2. Microphone feedback 3. Wailing babies 4. Train wheels scraping on tracks 5. A squeaky seesaw 6. Badly [...]