[stylist] heart thingies, thanks

James H. "Jim" Canaday M.A. N6YR n6yr at sunflower.com
Tue Jan 4 00:12:57 UTC 2011


interesting about thingy word pronounciation:
my jaws and yours too probably pronounces it as a j sound for the g 
in thingy.  yet we pronounce it with a hard g.
thanks judith.
jc

At 03:35 PM 1/3/2011, you wrote:
>The news about Linda is great!  Cellulitis is a bummer.  My husband 
>had it when our youngest son got married.  He enjoyed the wedding 
>with his leg up on another chair.  I've been using the word thingy 
>since my kids were little, and they're not little any more.  Their 
>kids are, but I won't bore you with a grandma email.  The word 
>thingy was just convenient when something couldn't be identified or 
>it's use was questionable.  For example, my sons always built 
>"thingys" with their legoes.  Welcome home Linda, Judith
>----- Original Message ----- From: "James H. "Jim" Canaday M.A. 
>N6YR" <n6yr at sunflower.com>
>To: <stylist at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Monday, January 03, 2011 4:09 PM
>Subject: [stylist] heart thingies, thanks
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>
>>Carrey wrote:
>>Sending out prayers and good vibes and such to Jim and his wife. 
>>*heart thingies*
>>
>>
>>Thanks Carrey.  my wife Lynda came home wednesday night and 
>>promptly got very sick.  but she stayed home.
>>just saturday she could eat solid but soft food.
>>she probably is finishing up a cellulitis infection.  today is her 
>>first day really feeling much better.
>>
>>thank you for your prayers and concers.
>>
>>and I have to add that as a blogger one of my favorite words is 
>>"thingy." since as a blogger I can play with language, grammar, 
>>spelling, to further communicate my point I oftenspell the plural 
>>as t h i n g y s.
>>whimsy can be fun in making serious points or pointing out the 
>>problems of bad choices by a government.
>>jc
>>
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