[stylist] On Jaws pronunciation

James H. "Jim" Canaday M.A. N6YR n6yr at sunflower.com
Tue Jan 4 05:24:04 UTC 2011 

oh oh judith,
I happen to be a fan of very old movies and old time radio and have 
heard many references to hoodlums as hoods from 1940's movies and 
radio shows.
yes, even when I was in high school in the 70's a "hood" was a bad 
guy.  funny, it never applied to a bad girl.
jc

At 09:35 PM 1/3/2011, you wrote:
>Jim, It wasn't 60 years ago when hoodlums were hoods, but about 45 
>years ago.  Right through high school there were bunches of guys we 
>called hoods. They wore sweat shirts, in the winter leather jackets 
>and looked mean as bad.  Judith
>----- Original Message ----- From: "James H. "Jim" Canaday M.A. 
>N6YR" <n6yr at sunflower.com>
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>Subject: Re: [stylist] On Jaws pronunciation
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>>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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>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
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>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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