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Page 2 of 3 < 1 2 3 > Topic Options #37131 - 07/31/01 02:07 PM Re: Dip Thongs Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13653 Aside from the dipthong *issue (which I believe is a "subjective" one) I object! Top #37132 - 07/31/01 03:33 PM Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/12/00 Posts: 3409 Top #37133 - 07/31/01 03:56 PM Re: Singing pronunciation of troy Carpal Tunnel Registered: 10/17/00 Posts: 5400 Loc: rego park well-- i share, with several other on this board- an inability to carry a tune-- even if you pack it up in a bucket. but that didn't stop the nuns from trying to teach me to sing-- (all assured places in heaven for their efforts, no doubt) we were taught --bel canto--? the idea of singing with our mouths shaped into a open mouth smile.. as this was supposed to bring forth the most pleasant sound.. and all of you music guys are right-- if you keep your mouth shaped as an open smile.. there are sounds you can't make.. i can, with effort, read music, but the thing i remember most clearly was the effort to learn to sing with a smile. _________________________ my other obsession Top #37134 - 07/31/01 05:06 PM Objection sustained musick Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/24/00 Posts: 2658 Loc: Chicago It's always about spelling, eh? Of the "common" forms of long and short vowels, the more open version is chosen to represent a tone in what would be a subjective choice... not always the *best sounding... or even clear in meaning beet (long)preferable to bit (short) blah (longer) " " black (short) bottom (short o) but (short u) Max - I've never heard U (long) substituting for I (short), it is most often E (long) that does that job (eg. sounding as sung "sa-lu-tees") Top #37135 - 07/31/01 06:18 PM Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/12/00 Posts: 3409 Top #37136 - 08/01/01 06:59 AM Re: Objection sustained maverick Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/15/00 Posts: 4757 It's a weird thing, Max - every time I read your jocular heading to this thread, I am internally pronouncing it like the good Rev Ian Paisley from Northern Ireland Is it some effect of Scottish impact that has created this tendency in both tongues? Top #37137 - 08/01/01 07:07 AM Re: Fush & chups, anyone? Mea Maxuma culpa! jimthedog enthusiast Registered: 02/24/01 Posts: 387 Loc: Hartsville, New York. I have finally started to learn Maaori I had assumed that you already knew it. Top #37138 - 08/01/01 08:57 AM Re: Dip Thongs wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 "Aside from the dipthong *issue (which I believe is a "subjective" one)" Dear Faldage: What is the difference between a "dipthong" and a "G-string"? Top #37139 - 08/01/01 09:37 AM Re: Dip Thongs Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13653 What is the difference between a "dipthong" and a "G-string"? A dip thong reveals more than it ought but a G-string has a certain air. Top #37140 - 08/01/01 10:22 AM Re: Dip Thongs wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 And you can't make beautifull music by plucking a thong. Top Page 2 of 3 < 1 2 3 > Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8423 Members 16 Forums 13686 Topics 209758 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members teepee, smoothcriminal86, janbra, junebug, Stephen A 8423 Registered Users Who's Online 0 registered (), 52 Guests and 1 Spider online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 87 jenny jenny 64 wofahulicodoc 53 endymion6 46 BranShea 35 Rhubarb Commando 35 Buffalo Shrdlu 18 zmjezhd 16 Jackie 15 Faldage 12 May Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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