[stylist] On Jaws pronunciation

Donna Hill penatwork at epix.net
Tue Jan 4 15:53:25 UTC 2011 

Jim.,
I wouldn't be at all surprised if that was the root of it.
Donna

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On 1/4/2011 12:22 AM, James H. "Jim" Canaday M.A. N6YR wrote:
> 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
>>
>>
>>
>> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> 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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