LBS

[Jonathan Lighter]

Yeah, "libs" too. Maybe for a little longer.

And, like so many, "myzuld" for "misled."  That lasted for several years.

JL

On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 3:29 PM, Tom Zurinskas <truespel at hotmail.com> wrote:

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> I wonder if /dz/ in /paundz/ would be taken for the IPA "j" sound.
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> 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
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> > 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.
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> > > Note the letter string "au" is not used (in the top 5k most popular
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> > > to spell the ~ou sound (as in "out") in English. The only good choice
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> > > 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,
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> > > 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
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> > > > > >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?
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> > > > > That's even worse than "oh bee gee why en" for OBGYN, which is
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> > > > > for "obstetrician-gyncologist" and is sensibly (but seemingly less
> > > > > often) said /AbgaIn/ (forgive me if I'm using the wrong character
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> > > > > the cursive small a here).
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> > > > > James Harbeck.
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