[stylist] On Jaws pronunciation

Tue Jan 4 03:37:06 UTC 2011

Brad, that tjhought went through my mind too.  Damary is definitely a 
Freedom Scientific name.  Judith
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> Damari. Damary sounds like it ought have Eric in front of it from Freedom 
> Scientific haha. Regarding Jaws and pronunciations, you can make it 
> pronounce any word as you like. For instance my last name Dunse is hacked 
> up by Jaws as if I ought have a  tall cone hat on, and sit in the corner 
> of the room lol, but it is really pronounced Dunzey so feel free to try 
> the Jaws Dictionary on that word haha.
>
> Brad
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> On 1/3/2011  07:33 PM Donna Hill said...
>>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>
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>>>>>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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