 | | Phonetics for "LUGNET" trademark and member IDs (was Re: member id's: simple numbers or something mo —Robert Munafo
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| | | This isn't a complaint, just a suggestion. If you're going to try to spell phonetics you should adopt a technically precise notation. For example, you said: (...) It's not at all clear whether you intend your syllable "MUHK" to rhyme with "book" or (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Phonetics for "LUGNET" trademark and member IDs (was Re: member id's: simple numbers or something mo —Todd Lehman
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| | | | | (...) Excellent! OK, by SAMPA, it would yup definitely be /lVg" net/ (thanks!). (And, BTW, I had heard of a "glottal stop" before, but I never knew there was such a thing as a "nasal sonorant" or a "bilabial fricative"! I'm thinkin' TomMcD and (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: Phonetics for "LUGNET" trademark and member IDs (was Re: member id's: simple numbers or something mo —Robert Munafo
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| | | | | | | (...) I don't actually know a sonorant from a fricative either, aside from what I can figure out by looking at the examples. But if Tom and Jeremy are into linguistics they probably already know more about it than we do {-; (...) You can use it if (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | Re: Phonetics for "LUGNET" trademark and member IDs (was Re: member id's: simple numbers or something mo —Jeremy Sproat
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| | | | | | (...) Fortunately, you don't expect me to pass this one up. (...) That's okay. It's a little-known fact that a sonorant is the high-pitched sqawking sound made by someone rapidly applying a rubber eraser to a pencil mark on a shaky metal table. (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | sonorants and fricatives —Todd Lehman
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| | | | | | | (...) LOL!!! I'm laughing so hard I can hardly breathe. God, what I would give for a daily word-definition like that by e-mail in the morning, or an "Ask Jeremy" box on a web page where you could ask what a word meant. :) --Todd (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Phonetics for "LUGNET" trademark and member IDs (was Re: member id's: simple numbers or something mo —Tom McDonald
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| | | | | | (...) It's a "smart-ass thing" actually. (...) can (...) The first table-joint lubricant, made largely of walrus fat oil and safflower extract, was called "Dr. Numba's Anti-Sonorant Potion". Dr. Numba was an alias of a former carpet-bagger turned (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Phonetics for "LUGNET" trademark and member IDs (was Re: member id's: simple numbers or something mo —Jeremy Sproat
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| | | | | | | (...) Avid "Northern Exposure" fans might recall that a bilabial fricative refers to the state of mind one achieves while awaiting an answer from an Athapascan spirit while consming bilibiatho (1) blowing in from Inuit grounds. Cheers, - jsproat 1. (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Phonetics for "LUGNET" trademark and member IDs (was Re: member id's: simple numbers or something mo —Tom McDonald
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| | | | | | (...) Hostess Sno-balls are good example of the usage of this substance. -Tom McD. when replying, little wedge-shaped spamcakes make good climbing pitons. (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | phonetics —Todd Lehman
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| | | | | (...) Hmm. Y'know, you're right! -- I should've simply written MUCK. By MUHK, I was trying to get the "uh" sound. I'm no phoneticist! :) Anyway, so his last named is actually pronounced MUCK-ow, but we incorrectly pronounced it MOO-kow (or MUKE-ow), (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | Re: Phonetics for "LUGNET" trademark and member IDs (was Re: member id's: simple numbers or something mo —Steve Bliss
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| | | | (...) I assumed Todd *did* mean 'MUHK' to rhyme with 'muck'. I didn't think about it at the time, but 'UH' doesn't look much like it should be pronounced like the sounds in either "book" or "fluke". Steve (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Phonetics for "LUGNET" trademark and member IDs (was Re: member id's: simple numbers or something mo —Robert Munafo
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| | | | | (...) That's essentially the problem with colloquial phonetic spelling -- there are two methods. Some people (like me) use existing words whenever existing words are available: Todd: "TODD", Lugnet: "LUG-net", Steve: "STEVE", phonetic: (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | O vs WO vs AH —Todd Lehman
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| | | | | | (...) Hey, how close is that to TWOD? (I gather that's the native-East-Coast way to pronounce it -- similar to BWOS'-tin. :) Where I grew up (Minneapolis) it's pronounced TAHD, but not quite the nasal TAAHHHD that they say in Milwaukee and Chicago. (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | | Re: O vs WO vs AH —John Bauman
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| | | | | | Todd Lehman wrote in message <37a0e8e2.108331275@...et.com>... (...) Is the east coast you refer to the upper part of maine? I never heard it pronounced like that. (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | Re: O vs WO vs AH —Ed Jones
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| | | | (...) Ah, a great mystery of life has become revealed. Now I understand Todd's attraction to LEGO. Being from Mininoplace, he naturally took to minifigs. :') (25 years ago, 2-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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