Irritable Vowel Syndrome

I saw this on Twitter recently and it made me laugh! I'm laughing right now!

As a choral director, I've been diagnosed with
Irritable Vowel Syndrome.

"Aaaãå!"
"Eeée!"
"Iiiiįiiî!"
"Oooœō!"
"Uuuüu!"
"Yyÿyyyy!"

SO FUNNY!
But rings true for so many choral directors :-) We most certainly DO get irritated, opinionated, and insistent when we share pronunciation and articulations with our choirs.

I once made a t-shirt with the following on the front:

S.F.T.A.O.V.U.I.C.S.

Society for the Advancement of Vowel Unification in Choral Singing!

When I get home, I'll add a photograph of it.

:-)