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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 #180869 - 12/11/08 10:29 PM Re: Phonetic spelling? [Re: LukeJavan8]   Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,974 LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,974 Land of the Flat Water While we are at it, and you seem very adept, tsuwm, how do you get things into that box, like the quote of my question in your reply above. (I am really new to computer use and need all the help I can get.) ----please, draw me a sheep---- #180870 - 12/11/08 10:33 PM Re: Phonetic spelling? [Re: LukeJavan8]   Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 this too shall pass Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8 While we are at it, and you seem very adept, tsuwm, how do you get things into that box, like the quote of my question in your reply above. (I am really new to computer use and need all the help I can get.) see that Quote button at the bottom of this post? click it! #180956 - 12/16/08 06:25 PM Re: Phonetic spelling? [Re: tsuwm]   Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,974 LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,974 Land of the Flat Water I clicked it as you said, and now am clicking the quote button at the top of this page Quote: IT WORKED thank you very much: I presume it is the quote box at the top of the page on this 'posting form' that I am to use, yes? ----please, draw me a sheep---- #180957 - 12/16/08 06:28 PM Re: Phonetic spelling? [Re: LukeJavan8]   Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 this too shall pass Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8 I clicked it as you said, and now am clicking the quote button at the top of this page Quote: IT WORKED thank you very much: I presume it is the quote box at the top of the page on this 'posting form' that I am to use, yes? well, it depends on what you want. clicking the one at top gets you a QUOTE box, as opposed to clicking the one within a post, as I did here, which get you a box quoting the actual poster I'm replying to (i.e., you). #180972 - 12/17/08 03:59 PM Re: Phonetic spelling? [Re: tsuwm]   Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,974 LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,974 Land of the Flat Water OK I'll bite: how do you get it to l) say the part where you have "originally posted by.....)? 2) get that box within a box. ----please, draw me a sheep---- #180976 - 12/17/08 04:17 PM Re: Phonetic spelling? [Re: LukeJavan8]   Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 this too shall pass <sigh> go back to my post that has "that box within a box." click on the Quote button within that post. enter your reply and submit. (the quoted matter is now long enough that you have a "scroll bar" on the right side of the edit box. use that to scroll down to the end of the quotes; i.e., until you see the flashing insertion point. that's where you want to type in your reply.) #180986 - 12/18/08 03:32 AM Re: Phonetic spelling? [Re: LukeJavan8]   Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 The Pook old hand The Pook   old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8 Speaking of useless letters in 'taught' I am told there are 9 pronunciations of the letters 'ough' in English, e.g., cough, though, doughty. Anyone know all nine? off, as in cough oh, as in though ow, as in slough or plough uff, as in enough or tough or slough (2) oo, as in through aw, as in nought or bought or brought uh, as in borough the schwa sound (phonetic upside down e) as in thoroughly That's only eight I can think of without looking it up. #180993 - 12/18/08 02:28 PM Re: Phonetic spelling? [Re: The Pook]   Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Originally Posted By: The Pook uh, as in borough maybe with an accent, burruh? buroh for me. formerly known as etaoin... #181007 - 12/19/08 03:07 AM Re: Phonetic spelling? [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu]   Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Originally Posted By: etaoin Originally Posted By: The Pook uh, as in borough maybe with an accent, burruh? buroh for me. Of course, you don't have an accent. Everyone else does, but not you. #181009 - 12/19/08 03:31 AM Re: Phonetic spelling? [Re: Faldage]   Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 956 olly old hand olly   old hand Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 956 Auckland, New Zealand Of course, you don't have an accent. Everyone else does, but not you. As far as I can tell, everyone here has the same accent as me. Which is not necccesssarilly a good thing. Page 2 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 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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