catman wrote:
> dsk wrote:
>
> > What happened to CONtroversy?
> > That's the way I'd say that word.
>
> Huh? the con part can't be said any other way. Can it? the obnly two ways I know are
> contra-versy or con-trov-ersy.
Well, let me look at this again. Perhaps I not only talk funny, but I read funny
too....
The capital letters in your message [contraVERSY, conTROVersy] made it look like
that's the part
of the word that is stressed, and my point was only that I stress the first syllable.
But everyone
does? Even English people??? Phew, I'm so glad to find that out. :-)
> > And Lori is definitely a LOWree, truck or not.
> > But, then, maybe I talk funny. :-)
>
> now that is confusing! Do you mean LOWree as in HIGHree? Sounds like someone trying
>to be posh!
Does it? I wasn't trying. It just came naturally.
I was trying to describe more of a long o sound rather than an ooh sound, like in
blue. I think
I'll just say it the way Lori herself does (or at least try to) and what was that...
> You know the Irish say feck instead of fuck. Doesn't sound at all rude..
I didn't know that. I would miss the satisfaction of saying that full uuuckkkkk sound.
And would
also miss shocking the people around me who know that I rarely speak that way (it
means I'm really
really mad :-).
Debra Shea
NP: President-elect Dubya on TV speaking and trying to be gracious and express
genuine feelings.
It's hard for me to pay attention.
