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[justbugged]

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I ride shot gun.

And I am willing to bring my own glass too.

. You're in!

Good to know, just tell me when.

 

[justbugged]

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Welcome to the thread.

 

[Kaneke]

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mmm == couldn't let that get by Ms. Smartypants

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoneme

cause it's originally Greek ...

I didn't get a BS in Audiology for nuttin' ....

Yup, and English words with Greek roots (telephone, photograph, et'c and so on) have Ph pronounced as "F" but the vowel sounds pronounced according to English rules: vowel+single consonent+e = long vowel sound. I didn't need to take anthropological linguistics to learn that one, it was in the spelling rules in, what, fourth grade? At least it was in Mrs. Raab's class.

which reminds me of a comment that Sophia Loren once made -- her name was originally spelled Sofia, and her Italian relatives wondered why she was now calling herself so-PEE-hah, which is how Sophia would be pronounced in (their part of) Italy

Romans are not Greeks ... and the English speaking world has had fun pronouncing things in different ways (which is one reason many from other countries find English the second most difficult language to learn, because of all the inconsistencies and borrowed words)

 

[justbugged]

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I ride shot gun.

And I am willing to bring my own glass too.

o me o me o o me! pick me too!

lol!!
ETA.. that chocolatey raspberry yumminess.. that's a good bottle to grab.. just sayin.

Ooooohhhhhh! I can pick you on the way.

 

[justbugged]

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Can't you use the new one tonight? 8 hours would be better than nothing. I am going to have to add heat to the greenhouse this year, but my gh is very small. I think it's 6' by 8' I am going to ask DH to lift it higher. I am hoping that I will get a little extra space for geraniums.

 

[Kaneke]

of course there are some chicken breed names that I am shaky on, or confused about

d'Uccle ??? Marans ??? Penedesenca ??? Lamona ??? Aseel ???

thank goodness I picked Easter Eggers ...

 

[Illia]

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Doo-Clay

Marans is, well, I say Mu-Rons but some people say Mu-Rans or Ma-Rans. Some people say the S is silent.

Pen-ed-es-en-ca I believe

I say La-Moan-Uh, not sure of the real pronunciation

Ah-zeel

 

[AriLovesChickens]

Mine is the full name for DE. I never pay much attention to the word when I see it...and then I had to ask for it in the feed store and felt like an idiot. LOL

 

[Chicken Rustler]

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[Chicken Rustler]

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OK but if "phonemes" is pronounced "phonetically" Where did the M sound go and where did the tically sound come from