[stylist] On Jaws pronunciation

Tue Jan 4 03:04:26 UTC 2011

Donna,
in our little burg there's been a rash of holdups committed by men 
wearing hoodies, they're getting a negative  rap.
and you know that"hood" as a slang term goes way back.  it was slang 
for hoodlum over sixty years ago.
good luck on the girl's name.  I don't know about that.
jc

At 07:33 PM 1/3/2011, you wrote:
>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
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "James H. "Jim" Canaday M.A. 
>>N6YR" <n6yr at sunflower.com>
>>To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
>>Sent: Monday, January 03, 2011 7:12 PM
>>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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