LBS

[Tom Zurinskas]

I wonder if /dz/ in /paundz/ would be taken for the IPA "j" sound.


Tom Zurinskas, first Ct 20 yrs, then Tn 3, NJ 33, Fl 9.
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> I wavered about the /d/, finally decided that either it was inauduble or too
> nearly inaudible to worry about in broad transcription.
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> /'wadEv at r/.
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> JL
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> On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 4:43 AM, Tom Zurinskas wrote:
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> > Do we not say a wee bit of a "d" in "pounds"? In truespel ~poundz.
> >
> > Note the letter string "au" is not used (in the top 5k most popular words)
> > to spell the ~ou sound (as in "out") in English. The only good choice for
> > an English based phonetic is ~ou.
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> > Tom Zurinskas, Conn 20 yrs, then Tenn 3, NJ 33, now FL 9.
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> > > At least OBGYN (pronounced as letters) is shorter than something even
> > more
> > > unwieldy.
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> > > But what's shorter than /paunz/?
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> > > Too surreal?: they don't know that "lbs." really means pounds. They think
> > > it abbreviates something that is the practical equivalent of pounds, but
> > not
> > > pounds themselves. Like "legal burden sizes" or something.
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> > > JL
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> > > On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 9:04 PM, James Harbeck wrote:
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> > > > >We recently discussed the unusual use of "tornado" in automated
> > National
> > > > >Weather Service Warnings.
> > > > >In a local Amber Alert this week, the abducted girl was described as
> > > > >weighing "115 /el bi es/", while her abductor weighed "184 /el bi
> > es/."
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> > > > >What's wrong with /paunz/? What's with these people?
> > > >
> > > > That's even worse than "oh bee gee why en" for OBGYN, which is short
> > > > for "obstetrician-gyncologist" and is sensibly (but seemingly less
> > > > often) said /AbgaIn/ (forgive me if I'm using the wrong character for
> > > > the cursive small a here).
> > > >
> > > > James Harbeck.
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