[stylist] On Jaws pronunciation

Judith Bron jbron at optonline.net
Tue Jan 4 15:41:54 UTC 2011 

If we start describing what we called  bad girls we might be crossing a line 
on this list and I don't want to go there.  It's funny.  In our school you 
could always tell the hoods, but they never bothered anyone just going to 
school, going to classes and doing normal things.  If we were to 
psychoanalyze them we might find that they were bad boys in the persona they 
wanted to exhibit, but deep down inside they were just confused teenagers. 
It was a different time.  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: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 12:24 AM
Subject: Re: [stylist] On Jaws pronunciation


> 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>
>>To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
>>Sent: Monday, January 03, 2011 10:04 PM
>>Subject: Re: [stylist] On Jaws pronunciation
>>
>>
>>>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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