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The "Hell Azaleas" only occurred to me as an afterthought, but it only works if you say it without pronouncing the "r" in Heller. "rhotic: adj. r -pronouncing, i.e. denoting a dialect or accent, in whichr is pronounced when it occurs before a consonant or before a pause."
game of Catch
I suppose it's an eleven-a-side match?
But--what on earth are Hell Azaleas??
I be as mystified as ever, 'cept fer rhotic (thank you).
Are they a flowery version of Hell's Angels?
Some of us are aunts and uncles, it would appear. Just wondering: "avuncular" is to uncle as "???" is to aunt?
n.b: Ænigma renders "avuncular" as "awad". Go figger.
I be as mystified as ever..
Hi Jackie,
Do you believe there is only knowledge or ignorance?
In reply to:"Heller's Alyeurs"? If you're really having trouble, just remember that NZ English, like British English, is very non-rhotic.
Despite being non-rhotic, it took me a while. It sounds more like "Hello, Sailors"
Bingley
Bingley
Bingley!!! Despite my remarks in the virtual world to the contrary, I would never greet an unknown man with.
"Hello, sailor"!!!!!!! Eep!
Now, as to: Do you believe there is only knowledge or ignorance?
Well now, what on earth prompted that question, I wonder?
Howsomever--in a sense, yes, we either know something or we don't. But, other senses must be mentioned, and I know I'm not going to list them all. We can know part(s) of things
only, and not the whole. If we make a correct guess, we could say we "knew" that. I still remember being astonished durng a game of Trivial Pursuit, that my mind dredged up the correct answer, "Skylab", when that had not been part of my conscious thoughts for years. So, even though I had "forgotten" it, did I actually "know" it?
And what about precognition, ESP (Extra-Sensory Perception), and just having "feelings" about things or people? This summer, I delayed leaving for the doctor's office for a while because I had a "feeling" we'd be in an
accident if I left when I'd intended, and on the way there
we passed two accidents, and on the way back we passed two
more. Did I "know" not to leave yet? I have no idea.
I be lievin' now.
either know something or we don't
Now where's that thread on knowing versus believing?
This is exactly what I was alluding to, wanting to test old hands' "cross-thread span of attention" ..
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