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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: Singlet? #3284 09/05/2001 4:09 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park we covered (or uncovered!) clothing before.. weskit-- (and various other spelling..) =waist coat which could =vest as in a three peice suit. but vest is also used for a men's undershirt.. not the t- shirt kind, but the kind for want of better description, sort of looks like a woman's camisole. (sleeve-less undershirt) for me, vest 1. is sleeve-less garment, worn by men and women, over a shirt. 2. a sleeveless undershirt for a man. and weskit and waist-coat--are ornate vests, (1.) either with collars, ruffles, or hip lenght.. i never use singlet (or doublet!) it sound archaic to my ears! ink horns= ink bottles.. i have some pens that i fill from an ink bottle, and few pens that i dip into an ink bottte to use. my every day fountain pens tend to use cartridges.. (purple ink,at the present) or are pilot disposable fountain pens. bottled ink is india (black)--a pint size bottle, half used, and a small bottle, (2 oz.?) in what used to be called peacock blue, but is now called "de mar" --sea blue. my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Singlet? #3285 09/05/2001 5:10 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 771 Portland, Oregon Fiberbabe old hand Fiberbabe old hand Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 771 Portland, Oregon Singlet is still the common term for that little all-in-one number that Greco-Roman wrestlers wear... Oh yeah, and I pronounce the t in often. That confused all of my students when I was teaching English in Korea ~ they had never heard it that way. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: scone #3286 09/05/2001 6:28 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear Jmh: In your post of over a year ago, you said currently "scone" rhymes with "upon". If that is the case, how is the "Stone of Scone" pronounced? (see URL below) http://members.aol.com/Skyelander/stone.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter #3287 09/05/2001 7:29 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: scone #3288 09/05/2001 7:59 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear Max: The Scun of Stun is a very significant historical object. Or is the the Scon of Ston? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: scone #3289 09/05/2001 11:24 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 jmh Pooh-Bah jmh Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 Bill, that is a very good question. I will seek out a real Scot and get you an answer (or three). For me it would be scone to rhyme with the standard pronunciation of stone (is there another?) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: back to "often" #3290 09/05/2001 11:54 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 Perth, Western Australia stales old hand stales old hand Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 Perth, Western Australia My impression is that 'offen' is standard in Australia. As Lucy noted, 'offten' seems to lay in the realm of the older folk (say +70's...) here. stales Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: salt #3291 09/06/2001 12:43 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 819 Portland,Oregon, USA Geoff old hand Geoff old hand Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 819 Portland,Oregon, USA Thank goodness I can say nuclear! How about aluminium and realtor? My ex-father-in-law always came up with something like, "The reelator tried to sell me a house with aloonyum siding." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: back to "often" #3292 09/06/2001 1:39 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,289 Bobyoungbalt veteran Bobyoungbalt veteran Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,289 I've been thinking about how I pronounce it and realize that if it's just another word in a sentence, I omit the 't'; but if there is any emphasis on it, I pronounce the 't'. I tend to think I have heard other people doing this. 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