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Re: Phonetics for "LUGNET" trademark and member IDs (was Re: member id's: simple numbers or something mo
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Thu, 29 Jul 1999 13:32:21 GMT
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On Wed, 28 Jul 1999 21:59:37 GMT, "Robert Munafo" <munafo@gcctech.com>
wrote:

It's not at all clear whether you intend your syllable "MUHK" to rhyme with
"book" or with "fluke" (you didn't mean "muck" because then you would have just
typed "MUCK").

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



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  Re: Phonetics for "LUGNET" trademark and member IDs (was Re: member id's: simple numbers or something mo
 
(...) 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)
  Re: O vs WO vs AH
 
(...) 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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  Phonetics for "LUGNET" trademark and member IDs (was Re: member id's: simple numbers or something mo
 
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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