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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 3 1 2 3 Re: Abbreviations and "s" #5811 08/31/00 04:15 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta B Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Anna, how would you pronounce "paths" and "baths" (or even "raths")? If you don't have the Southern British short and long "a" distinction I think they would rhyme with "maths". Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Abbreviations and "s" #5812 08/31/00 04:20 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta B Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta By the way, what is a trans-seasonal pant? One of tsuwm's sighs lasting into the autumn? Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter . #5813 08/31/00 04:27 AM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 M Max Quordlepleen OP Carpal Tunnel OP Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Abbreviations and "s" #5814 08/31/00 02:13 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Anna, how would you pronounce "paths" and "baths" (or even "raths")? If you don't have the Southern British short and long "a" distinction I think they would rhyme with "maths". The example I thought of was "moths" - that has the same sort of soft "th" as "maths." All right, already. If y'all MUST know, I stay away from all those. I'm on a diet and the doctor told me to avoid consonant clusters. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter The one where we taught AnnaS to speak proply #5815 03/26/02 09:20 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 J jmh Pooh-Bah jmh Pooh-Bah J Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 Following Faldage's mention of an old posting about Math/maths, here's a blast from the archives .... You might also like "Jackie on drawers"! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Nice Eastertide resurrection, Jo! #5816 03/26/02 11:25 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter . #5817 03/26/02 07:27 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 M Max Quordlepleen OP Carpal Tunnel OP Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The one where we taught AnnaS to speak proply #5818 03/26/02 08:22 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear Max: Must I? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter . #5819 03/26/02 08:27 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 M Max Quordlepleen OP Carpal Tunnel OP Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The one where we taught AnnaS to speak proply #5820 03/26/02 08:41 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Re: The one where we taught AnnaS to speak proply "proply" reminded me of a word I haven't heard for a very long time. I used to keep bees. The bees are very careful not to leave any empty spaces in the hive, in which moths that destroy the wax comb may breed. They leave just enough room for worker bees to get through, and fill up any extra space with a mixture of pine or other resins mixed with wax, called "propolis". Sometimes this causes the sections of the hive or the frames that hold the honeycomb to adhere to each other, making it difficult to remove the honey containing boxes without a frame from section below being removed. This makes the bees very angry, and I used to get a lot of stings this way. For a URL about bee hives, boxes, frames, etc. http://maarec.cas.psu.edu/bkCD/equipment/hive_equip.htm#plans Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 3 1 2 3 Moderated by  Jackie  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. 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