[stylist] On Jaws pronunciation

Tue Jan 4 01:33:20 UTC 2011

On the matter of Jaws pronunciation ... I just "finished" my novel and 
there was an instance where I chose a spelling based on Jaws' 
pronunciation. The word is the one now used for hooded sweatshirts. 
According to the web, either h-o-o-d-y or h-o-o-d-i-e are acceptible. 
Jaws says hoody and hoodie, so I chose the one ending in 'y.

I am still grappling with a similar problem concerning one of my 
character's names. I knew a girl named Damari many years ago and named a 
secondary character after her. My memory -- such as it is -- is that she 
spelled her name D-a-m-a-r-i. My husband disagrees, thinking it was 
D-a-m-a-r-y. Jaws says Damari and Damary. I like the one ending in 'i, 
but that is listed on a site with Hispanic first names as a boy's name. 
I've lost touch with her, so haven't had any luck at tracking down the 
truth of the matter. Any suggestions?
Donna

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On 1/3/2011 7:30 PM, Judith Bron wrote:
> JC, None of our screen readers speak a pure English, especially with 
> the right accent.  Jaws doesn't come in Northeast, South, Midwest and 
> West.  But it does come in British.  Since I write some words in 
> Hebrew and our CH sound sounds nothing like CH when it appears in a 
> Hebrew word, I'll attest to the fact that Mr. Jaws really should 
> become more international.  BTW, does Jaws have a version for Chinese 
> and Japanese populations?  Judith
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> Subject: Re: [stylist] heart thingies, thanks
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>> 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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