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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 3 of 4 1 2 3 4 Re: who we are #9101 10/28/00 06:13 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 M Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 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." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: who we are #9102 10/28/00 06:45 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 game of Catch I suppose it's an eleven-a-side match? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: who we are #9103 10/28/00 07:15 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky But--what on earth are Hell Azaleas?? I be as mystified as ever, 'cept fer rhotic (thank you). Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: who we are #9104 10/28/00 09:30 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 J jmh Pooh-Bah jmh Pooh-Bah J Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 Are they a flowery version of Hell's Angels? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: who we are #9105 10/29/00 01:03 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 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. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: who we are #9106 10/30/00 06:38 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland wsieber old hand wsieber old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland I be as mystified as ever.. Hi Jackie, Do you believe there is only knowledge or ignorance? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: who we are #9107 10/30/00 07:00 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta B Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta 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 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: who we are #9108 10/30/00 01:47 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky 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. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: who we are #9109 10/30/00 02:22 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK shanks old hand shanks old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK either know something or we don't Now where's that thread on knowing versus believing? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: who we are #9110 10/31/00 06:38 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland wsieber old hand wsieber old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland This is exactly what I was alluding to, wanting to test old hands' "cross-thread span of attention" .. http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=7278&page=&view=&sb=&vc=1#Post7278 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 3 of 4 1 2 3 4 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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