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ProfuselyQuarky said:I was thinking of the name "jojo" as being cute![]()

ProfuselyQuarky said:I was thinking of the name "jojo" as being cute![]()
This holds true with the exception of Barbecued Bison or elk backstrap, that stuffs so awesome it would make a vegan repent.fresh_42 said:you don't need a BBQ. The usual unhealthy stuff will do.
At least me. Guess you have some advantages1oldman2 said:This holds true with the exception of Barbecued Bison or elk backstrap, that stuffs so awesome it would make a vegan repent.![]()
Yeah, it sounds very 'Wyoming' to me.fresh_42 said:At least me. Guess you have some advantageson location though.
Oh, now I get it.fresh_42 said:Mustard seems to be good to lower the risk on developing some cancers. Nitrosamines can basically be found in all kinds of food that are salted and overheated, e.g. fries, crisps, steaks, and so on. you don't need a BBQ. The usual unhealthy stuff will do.
There's a rule for pronouncing the based on beginning of the following word. I remember the lesson we were taught it because the most popular (and the strictest) teacher was covering our teacher that day. However, I don't remember the rule anymore :-/Psinter said:If you go to google translate and put the word "the" alone and click the speaker to hear it, it pronounces it one way.
But if you write "the bird" and click the speaker to hear it, it pronounces the "the" in another way.
Now I'm really confused.
ðə / ðɪPsinter said:I don't know. It sounds different.
"The" you hear pronounced with a short E (kind of sounds like "ther") and a long E (like "thee"). I'd use the first one for "the fish" but the second for "the elephant", just because it flows better. Also there are regional and national differences, and even personal differences, in pronounciation in English. As with any other language I imagine.Psinter said:If you go to google translate and put the word "the" alone and click the speaker to hear it, it pronounces it one way.
But if you write "the bird" and click the speaker to hear it, it pronounces the "the" in another way.
Now I'm really confused.
Yes, but it gets strange to weird, when one single person all of a sudden has two completely different names like Bernie Sænders and Bernie Sɑ:nders.Ibix said:"The" you hear pronounced with a short E (kind of sounds like "ther") and a long E (like "thee"). I'd use the first one for "the fish" but the second for "the elephant", just because it flows better. Also there are regional and national differences, and even personal differences, in pronounciation in English. As with any other language I imagine.
That's American regional pronounciation, which is extremely varied. Probably as a result of the country being settled by people from all over, I would guess.fresh_42 said:Yes, but it gets strange to weird, when one single person all of a sudden has two completely different names like Bernie Sænders and Bernie Sɑ:nders.
Probably like you, I took 11 years of English. And then a little more at university.Sophia said:There's a rule for pronouncing the based on beginning of the following word. I remember the lesson we were taught it because the most popular (and the strictest) teacher was covering our teacher that day. However, I don't remember the rule anymore :-/
The whole article stuff is so complicated. Like the list of things that always or never use "the". The only thing I'm sure about articles is deciding whether to use a or an (only in case someone tells me there should be one of these. That's a fourth grade exercise). In all other cases, it's pure guessing for me :D
That would be too easy. I assume it is the same as with "a" and "an". It is an apple, theee apple, but a university, the university.Psinter said:Did I get it right?
Oh dear! I already had this debate with a friend of mine from NM. I think it started with Los Angeles, Venice, or was it Venice Beach or both ...Ibix said:The capital of Bavaria is Munich, isn't it?
I just don't get the Munich thing, though. Mis-pronouncing Paris is one thing - I'm applying English pronunciation rules (such as they are) to a foreign word. I also get transliterating or dealing with sounds that don't exist in English. And total changes due to gunboat cartography.fresh_42 said:Many names of cities are simply translated or at least adopted. You say Munich, I München, you say (sorry for misspelling it here) Lundon, we say London and we both don't say Pari for Paris.
This is great, thanks for sharing. (I'm still laughing me arse off) < see right there spellcheck says I spelled ass wrong.fresh_42 said:I like John Cleese's suggestion to call Pittsburgh Pittsborough. I love his letter to America.
Ibix said:But how do you get from München to Munich?
This could apply to a large percentage of the "Langauge barrier" recently discussed also.collinsmark said:I blame the Romans.
Ibix said:But how do you get from München to Munich? OK, we dropped the umlaut. But how did the ending go missing? Where did the I come from? And why is the ch given a hardened sound when it is practically an sh in German?
This might apply to the "language barrier" recently discussed also.collinsmark said:I blame the Romans.
That's correct, Sir. Germany comes from the Roman Germania whereas Deutschland is derived from the Teutons, one of the many Germanic tribes.collinsmark said:For that matter, how did we get from Deutschland to Germany? That's even more puzzling.
I blame the Romans.
1oldman2 said:This might apply to the "language barrier" recently discussed also.
Scratch board as in this? I've used it couple times, but decided that I prefer ink/graphite on paper better. The things that can be made with it are amazing, however. Oil is a great medium, but, unfortunately, the paint smells really bad until it's dried1oldman2 said:Do you ever work with scratch board? It's one of my favorite mediums along with oils.
Close enough, they have their fair share of Elk and Bison also. (Not to mention Grizzlies)zoobyshoe said:Yeah, it sounds very 'Wyoming' to me.
That is the stuff, Pen and ink is awesome too. I put up with the smell of oil paint as well as the thinner and retouch varnish, its a good trade off for the effects as well as the ability to come back after a couple days and still blend colors.ProfuselyQuarky said:Scratch board as in this?
When you finally get the pronunciation right you will probably hear coyotes howling or at least dog barking; you hit the right tone/note. Just like when Bieber sings.fresh_42 said:That would be too easy. I assume it is the same as with "a" and "an". It is an apple, theee apple, but a university, the university.
Correct this please, if wrong.
Psinter said:It is never too late to study. I first attended university when I was 900 thousand years old. And look at me now. I'm a successful professional.
Edit: I should have put this in the lame jokes section. I don't know why I clicked here.![]()
That rule might become truest to the British English speakers. Pronouncing [the] as either /ðə/ or /ðɪ/ when it stands before either a consonant or vowel I think is important but isn't more important than having a real skill to explain what you would really want to utter. And for example, you may be able to listen and understand well what people from Mexico or India/Bangladesh speak in English but personally I can't. Their intonation and pronunciation are very strange to me.Psinter said:...
From what I can gather from Sophia's, Pepper Mint's, and Ibix's posts is that ordinarily, if the next word begins with a vowel, it is pronounced "thee" and if begins with a consonant it is pronounced "the".
Did I get it right?
Someone used the transmission property of your remote for his own purposes. But the content of his additional transmissions got more and more boring right from the start, so he lost his interest and stopped transmitting.WWGD said:Still scratching my head.
Sounds like something shorted inside. Does it still work?WWGD said:For some reason the batteries in my TV remote ended up being extremely hot. I checked and I had not left the
remote anywhere near any main source of heat like a lamp, kitchen. And it is not likely I had done so because the
remote is made of plastic and pretty likely would have melted. Still scratching my head.
It works perfectly, thanks. And a day after the issue (I had removed the batteries , let them cool down and eventually reinserted them) batteries are at normal room temperature.Jonathan Scott said:Sounds like something shorted inside. Does it still work?
Is this rechargeable batteries or disposable (alkaline)? The higher internal resistance of alkaline batteries makes it hard for them to get particularly hot unless they are at least nearly being shorted, and also I wouldn't expect them to last very long when being nearly shorted. I have found a remote getting warm after leaving it in a pile of stuff such that a button was being pressed all the time, but I wouldn't call that "hot".WWGD said:It works perfectly, thanks. And a day after the issue (I had removed the batteries , let them cool down and eventually reinserted them) batteries are at normal room temperature.
Thanks for the followup. These are standard AA alkalines. I suspect , thank to your answer, that it may have been along the lines of what you said, leaving a button pressed for a while. Just double-checked and remote is working fine.Jonathan Scott said:Is this rechargeable batteries or disposable (alkaline)? The higher internal resistance of alkaline batteries makes it hard for them to get particularly hot unless they are at least nearly being shorted, and also I wouldn't expect them to last very long when being nearly shorted. I have found a remote getting warm after leaving it in a pile of stuff such that a button was being pressed all the time, but I wouldn't call that "hot".
Rechargeables can get extremely (dangerously) hot when shorted or nearly shorted.
Edit: ... and rechargeables can also get hot of course when being charged rapidly.
You might need quite a bit of patience.ProfuselyQuarky said:Anyone else enthusiastic about the awesomeness of this? Staying up past midnight to see a shower of meteors. What could be better?!![]()
I'm willing to be patient, even for one :) I live in place where light pollution makes it impossible to see anything in the sky, so this is an opportunity too good to lose.Jonathan Scott said:You might need quite a bit of patience.
I saw some really great Perseids in about 1994, when I saw half a dozen bright ones going almost at the same time leaving bright trails across half of the sky. However, often it's a matter of waiting for minutes to see a little blip which you're not quite sure about, so you have to wait a few more minutes to see the next one. Most years I get to see at least one good one (turquoise tinged bright light and a bright trail lasting a few seconds).