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#181010 - 12/19/08 03:44 AM Re: Phonetic spelling? [Re: Faldage]
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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.
That's uh as in the sound of the 'a' in loofa.
You say boo-roh? (is that what buroh means?). In the singular I could sometimes say buh-roh, but in the plural, as in 'the rotten boroughs' I would say burras, not buh-rohs.
#181014 - 12/19/08 12:44 PM Joined: Jun 2002
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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.
I knew that.
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#181027 - 12/19/08 06:32 PM Joined: Jun 2008
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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).
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#181028 - 12/19/08 06:34 PM Joined: Jun 2008
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tsuwm: I think I am getting the hang of it, as per above.
It will take some doing.
Quote:l at the top gets a quote box
2 within the post quoting the quoter or poster.
Thanks much, very grateful
Last edited by LukeJavan8; 12/19/08 06:37 PM.
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#181029 - 12/19/08 06:36 PM Joined: Apr 2000
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of the page on this 'posting form' that I am to use, yes?
there's no way I can answer that without displaying my inborn omniscience. you do see the difference in the two choices, right? and do you think there may be instances when you might choose one over the other?!
-joe (sometimes I just don't *get it) friday
#181030 - 12/19/08 06:40 PM Joined: Jun 2008
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Yes I do see what you are saying, and before you responded, and
thanks for that too, I made changes trying to use what you told me and learned something else, "How to make change in Posting"
of which I was unaware.
I realize I can be a Little Brother, or Big Bother, but
I am very appreciative.
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By the way I loved Joe Friday.
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#181087 - 12/22/08 07:16 AM Joined: Aug 2002
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(or with tough as has been mentioned enough.)
#181134 - 12/23/08 03:17 AM Joined: Feb 2008
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(or with tough as has been mentioned enough)
Depends on the meaning. Which slough is that?
Slough (rhymes with plow) is a noun meaning a swamp, as in Bunyan's 'Slough of Despond' in Pilgrim's Progress. In some dialects it is possibly pronounced 'sloe' or 'sloff'?
Slough (sluff) is a verb for what a snake does with unwanted skin. It can possibly also be 'sloff' to some?
What's the Slough you promounce slew (rhymes with through)?
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