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October 22, 2020 at 1:00 pm #253114

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I researched this because I’ve always had a problem deciding which to use. This makes sense…mic as the noun, and mike as the verb.

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If you research the grammar surrounding the word ‘microphone’ and use industry standard publications such as “Mix”, “Recording Engineer and Producer”, “Electronic Musician” etc…you will find that ‘mic’ is a noun and ‘mike’ is a verb. Therefore, I can place a mic or I can mike the drum set.
The apostrophe versions (mic’ing and mic’d) started creeping into the internet around 2010 or maybe a bit before.
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