[stylist] On Jaws pronunciation

Tue Jan 4 05:22:27 UTC 2011

oh Donna,
[slaps forehead] I wonder if damari is short for the greek name 
damarius (sp?).
jc

At 09:15 PM 1/3/2011, you wrote:
>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>
>>>>>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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