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Daniel47
"to an extreme or beyond." ..... I'll have to think about that for a bit!!
Daniel
"to an extreme or beyond." ..... I'll have to think about that for a bit!!
Daniel
J
John Williamson
The Buzz Lightyear school of language. "To infinity and beyond!!!"
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Daniel47
Gene E. Bloch wrote:
Gene, I can relate to that ..... many years ago, I had a problem (still
have, I guess) with the way most people pronounce the word "ratio" as
"ray-show", so I would often, deliberately, pronounce it as "ray-c-o"
(or was that "ray-cee-o") ..... just so people knew which word I was using!!
Daniel
Gene, I can relate to that ..... many years ago, I had a problem (still
have, I guess) with the way most people pronounce the word "ratio" as
"ray-show", so I would often, deliberately, pronounce it as "ray-c-o"
(or was that "ray-cee-o") ..... just so people knew which word I was using!!
Daniel
D
Daniel47
John said:
"I've seen it on screen, so I must accept it!"
Thank you!
Daniel
I
Iceman
"Ray-show" is a nonexistent word, of course, but "ratio" must be pronounced
similar to the last half of "Horatio", which sounds pretty much like
"ray-show".
W
...winston
"[email protected]" wrote in message Gene, I can relate to that ..... many years ago, I had a problem (still
have, I guess) with the way most people pronounce the word "ratio" as
"ray-show", so I would often, deliberately, pronounce it as "ray-c-o"
(or was that "ray-cee-o") ..... just so people knew which word I was using!
Multiple forms of a given word pronunciation across the English speaking part of the planet is probably impossible to accurately
document due to the distinguishable/indistinguishable various regional dialects.
I've had instructors in the same curriculum that have pronounced the same word differently. Ratio, amongst many others was one
(ra·tio - noun \ˈrÄ-(ËŒ)shÅ, -shÄ“-ËŒÅ\).
My first chemistry class in a school in the Northeastern U.S. was taught by a young nun with roots in rural Georgia. After a few
weeks I finally realized that 'ten' was 'tin'. For exams she required us to use a 'pin'.
have, I guess) with the way most people pronounce the word "ratio" as
"ray-show", so I would often, deliberately, pronounce it as "ray-c-o"
(or was that "ray-cee-o") ..... just so people knew which word I was using!
Multiple forms of a given word pronunciation across the English speaking part of the planet is probably impossible to accurately
document due to the distinguishable/indistinguishable various regional dialects.
I've had instructors in the same curriculum that have pronounced the same word differently. Ratio, amongst many others was one
(ra·tio - noun \ˈrÄ-(ËŒ)shÅ, -shÄ“-ËŒÅ\).
My first chemistry class in a school in the Northeastern U.S. was taught by a young nun with roots in rural Georgia. After a few
weeks I finally realized that 'ten' was 'tin'. For exams she required us to use a 'pin'.
G
Gene E. Bloch
to both of you...
G
Gene E. Bloch
If it wasn't clear, I absolutely agree with that. I just felt the urge
to point out that PJ says he knows about that property of the recycle
bin and how to work around it.
Note that there's no clear indication that he actually made the bin big
enough every time he tried his procedure
Likewise, I'm suah.
That spelling is meant to represent pronouncing "sure" as two syllables,
as with a Boston accent. I don't remember where I picked that up - some
comedy on TV or in the movies.
Adding to the discussion below, I say "ray-she-oh", accent on "ray".
A long time ago my significant other at the time taught high-school math
in a suburb of Boston. Although she pronounced her r's, the kids
understood her - as long as she pronounced "for" in one syllable and
"four" in two, as "fo'-wer". When she pronounced it as "for" she got
blank stares...
N
nukid
That worked for selecting in a single folder. Not for doing a search in a
whole tree of folders. But newer Windozes have ways to invert a search
too.
J
J. P. Gilliver (John)
Eh? What other word might they think you were using?
I pronounce Horatio with four syllables, huh-ray-she-oh. I am not alone
in this.
I pronounce Horatio with four syllables, huh-ray-she-oh. I am not alone
in this.
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Daniel47
J. P. Gilliver (John) said:
Yeap, sounds good to me, John ..... maybe I need to change my ray-c-o to
ray-she-oh!!
Daniel
C
charlie
Fortunately, things have become a bit better in later years, no doubt
due to first radio, then television, then international programming, and
so forth.
When I was growing up in a mid-western state, my uncle used to visit
every so often from Chicago. It would take me awhile to actually fully
understand him. He spoke much faster than we did downstate, and with a
pronounced Chicago accent. The New York and Bostonian accents were just
as bad. I have a cousin that grew up in Kentucky and Missouri, went to
MIT and Harvard, and settled in Cambridge. He still has a slight
mid-western/southern drawl that combines with the east coast accent to
produce a rather odd Bostonian accent.
When we moved to Georgia a couple of decades ago, I discovered that I
spoke too rapidly for many of the "locals". In turn, the older "real"
locals seem to often sound like they have gravel in their mouths.