Stephen- Sorry (or not!). :) I didn't mean to be THAT self-flagellating (that has to be some new kind of oxy-ironic record!). I guess we need a "tongue in cheek" emoticon cause lately when I try it doesn't come across! I've gotten so used to list-servs that include a little pop-up box that gives them for you that I've forgotten a lot of the ones I knew!
Since some of us seem rightly determined to make this psychology related, does anyone know of phonetic spelling "norms" for those little utterances, like eh, uh, um, etc. that exist for various dialects? I always struggle with spelling those for email and Moodle postings for class (it is particularly difficult for us phonetic readers!). What with all the attempts I must make to differentiate the meanings of different sounds made following TIAs, strokes, etc. it would be helpful if someone knows where that can be found in a single source! I mentioned, as an example, that I tried to search for the end of sentence one for Canadian-speak. I tried googling (including "Scholar") "Eh", "eH", and "EH" but didn't find anything related to that "note", eh. :) Stephen- my point wasn't that I created any big offense (not ANOTHER aplogy!?!?) but that I did "react" a bit to Michael's post and didn't engage *all my frontal lobes* but stopped with the amygdala, as it were. :) I was making fun of myself or at least that was the intent. I did enjoy the "down where you are". That generated a genuine "huh?" as my sense is always being "up there" since I'm so far up from where I began. TGIF!! Tim _______________________________ Timothy O. Shearon, PhD Professor and Chair Department of Psychology The College of Idaho Caldwell, ID 83605 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] teaching: intro to neuropsychology; psychopharmacology; general; history and systems "You can't teach an old dogma new tricks." Dorothy Parker -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Fri 4/4/2008 5:31 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [tips] The Southern accent On 3 Apr 2008 at 23:01, Shearon, Tim wrote, referring to the great "eh?" debate: Sorry if I was both uneducated and unclear > simultaneously. I should, by this time, be above letting Michael push > my buttons as it were. But I found his comments to be offensive on > numerous levels. Thus, speaking from anger once again leads to > silliness! Tim _ Actually, I thought the whole point was just to have a silly debate (the kind I enjoy most on TIPS), and I'm dismayed to read that it's evolved into self-flagellation (is this even legal down where you are, Tim?) and anger. The same thing unfortunately appears to have happened with my innocently-posed "Who's Jew" item. And come to think of it, a few years back I recall receiving some rather pointed comments when I repeated a Foxworthy-type comment before I even knew who Foxworthy was. Wow! Don't mess with Southerners, eh? Stephen ----------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2600 College St. Sherbrooke QC J1M 1Z7 Canada Subscribe to discussion list (TIPS) for the teaching of psychology at http://flightline.highline.edu/sfrantz/tips/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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