Word Court
Atlantic, The, April, 2007 by Barbara Wallraff
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Warren Bergmann , of Menasha, Wis., writes: “I am a music teacher with an ethical question. A student is having trouble tuning her violin. ‘Can I help you with that, Tiffany?’ ‘Yes, Mr. Bergmann. Would you unloosen this string for me?’ ‘Certainly.’ I start tightening the string. As I do so, I pluck it, and the pitch begins to rise. ‘Mr. Bergmann! I said unloosen it!’ The pitch of her voice begins to rise. I continue tightening the string, until it snaps. Who pays for the new string?"
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Not to mention who will pay for the psychotherapy Tiffany may need if too much of her education consists of object lessons like that one. You were unkind, Mr. Bergmann. Not only that, but unloosen is actually a perfectly good, old verb; so is unloose , which turns up in Shakespeare and Sheridan and ...
