... "queers." ... Speaking as a computer geek I can tell you that the term "geek", as with "nerd" has been quite reclaimed. Almost exactly like the term...
On Sat, 01 Jan 2005 08:07:41 -0500, Peter T. Daniels ... Curious; what would create the "o" sound? -- Nicholas Bodley /*|*\ Waltham, Mass. The curious hermit...
On Sat, 1 Jan 2005 14:37:27 +0000 (GMT), Andrew Dunbar ... [...] ... Indeed, that seems to be a useful insult. ... Well, I guess I wasn't as out of touch as I...
... Thanks for this useful site. With regards to mozilla, a friend of mine said that it was easier to think of Mozart than Godzilla. I realize that this will...
... Sure it does. "car" and "star" rhyme, and they don't share the same start-consonant to the stressed syllable. For the record, Mozilla to me is /mozIla/,...
... I have heard the same about the derivation of "Exxon", which replaced the earlier "Esso". I don't think anyone in the business world is interested in the...
... As for me - I have never heard it pronounced by a native English speaker anyother way. But then my sampple is pretty much limited to Silicon Valley, in...
... One thing I consider blatantly dumb is adding diacritical marks (correct term? Sorry; should know) for their decorative appearance, as, for instance, in...
... I'm *very* slow-witted; should have commented on the Greek [chi] in "Xmas". ... Nice. (^_^) -- Nicholas Bodley /*|*\ Waltham, Mass. The curious hermit --...
... Thanks! "Right up my alley". I went into strange territory, incl. winning a free digital camera (didn't bite). Simple typo... Ahh.. Back, now. Surprising...
At the Bah' Persian (I assume Farsi) site, <http://www.bahai.org/persian/>, there's a picture of some people at the left. Underneath is some blue* Arabic...
... Persian is usually written with a sloping variety of Arabic script (baseline high at the start on the right, low on the left). It has four additional...
... (correct term? Sorry; should know) for their decorative appearance, I remember a few years back one of the car manufacturers built a car they called the...
caeruleancentaur wrote:
> I remember a few years back one of the car manufacturers built a car > they called the "Volar," but the word was pronounced on the...
... I had one of those cars back in college - I don't recall ever seeing a diacritical mark in any of the materials or logo. Coincidentally a brother had the...
... What is wrong with using characters or fragments as decorative elements? Virtually all English in marketing material and fashion in Asia is of this nature....
On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 17:41:39 +0100, Marco Cimarosti ... Nonono -- /'unitsEf/ with an /E/ in it and a /ts/, not /tS/! ... Philip (in Germany :-) -- Philip Newton...
... About fifteen years ago, one of the banks in Georgia changed their name. The new name included two or three diacritic marks. One of the top executives...
... The text is merely italicized Arabic scipt, whose fontfacing depends on which Arabic-compatible font you've designated for your browser. Like the other...
On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 10:48:58 +0100, Marco Cimarosti ... I've relaxed a bit since reading the Wiki article. My problem. ... -- Nicholas Bodley /*|*\ Waltham,...
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