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celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
I also have a first name..... Hi James! |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65738 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
Hehe, had to say my name for the hotel room in England, that girl was looking at me like I was an alien:)) [McCoy]Funny I don't see any pointed ears.[/McCoy] You have My sympathy Julie. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
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James Sotherden Send message Joined: 16 May 99 Posts: 10436 Credit: 110,373,059 RAC: 54 |
Hi James C. I suppose Im going to be the Old James now:) [/quote] Old James |
James C. Send message Joined: 19 Jul 06 Posts: 640 Credit: 18,352,758 RAC: 11 |
Hi James C. I suppose Im going to be the Old James now:) No Sir, you can be "James" and I'll be James Stark haha! Whatever is clever. -"Young" James "To my mathematical brain, the numbers alone make thinking about aliens perfectly rational. The real challenge is to work out what aliens might actually be like." -Steven Hawking |
Angela Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13130 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31 |
I like "Old James". Sounds venerable. |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
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James C. Send message Joined: 19 Jul 06 Posts: 640 Credit: 18,352,758 RAC: 11 |
I like "Old James". Sounds venerable. Makes me want old James and not James. Haha! -"Young" James "To my mathematical brain, the numbers alone make thinking about aliens perfectly rational. The real challenge is to work out what aliens might actually be like." -Steven Hawking |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
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James Sotherden Send message Joined: 16 May 99 Posts: 10436 Credit: 110,373,059 RAC: 54 |
LMAO, By jove I like Old James, Also. It does have a wrinkel to it. [/quote] Old James |
Uli Send message Joined: 6 Feb 00 Posts: 10923 Credit: 5,996,015 RAC: 1 |
Have Chris! Pluto will always be a planet to me. Seti Ambassador Not to late to order an Anni Shirt |
John Neale Send message Joined: 16 Mar 00 Posts: 634 Credit: 7,246,513 RAC: 9 |
Hehe:) Nobody of you guys can pronounce my surname:)) Try it: Detavernier That's right, Annie. A great example of those guttural rrrrs and gggghhhhhs that characterise Afrikaans is the word "chirurg" (which means surgeon). Try and say it: "shirrrrrrerggggghhhhhh"! You may recall that, in certain parts of the west coast of South Africa, the Afrikaans accent descends into what is known as the "Malmesbury brei", where those rrrrs are rolled right at the back of the mouth, almost in the throat. It's a delicious accent that has to be heard to be believed! |
anniet Send message Joined: 2 Feb 14 Posts: 7105 Credit: 1,577,368 RAC: 75 |
Hehe:) Nobody of you guys can pronounce my surname:)) Try it: Detavernier I remember :) Tended to tangle my epiglotis with my tonsils then hit a coughing fit before needing a lengthy lie down whenever I tried it... including just now :) |
James C. Send message Joined: 19 Jul 06 Posts: 640 Credit: 18,352,758 RAC: 11 |
Tended to tangle my epiglotis with my tonsils My rrrrrr's roll right into an s, I am so used to English. -"Young" James "To my mathematical brain, the numbers alone make thinking about aliens perfectly rational. The real challenge is to work out what aliens might actually be like." -Steven Hawking |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
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James C. Send message Joined: 19 Jul 06 Posts: 640 Credit: 18,352,758 RAC: 11 |
Tended to tangle my epiglotis with my tonsils I hear that Europeans can't pronounce "squirrel" very easily. -"Young" James "To my mathematical brain, the numbers alone make thinking about aliens perfectly rational. The real challenge is to work out what aliens might actually be like." -Steven Hawking |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
Tended to tangle my epiglotis with my tonsils Np here, I have more problems pronouncing the th actually:) rOZZ Music Pictures |
Angela Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13130 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31 |
I hear that Europeans can't pronounce "squirrel" very easily. No, I think you are thinking of people who speak Japanese as a first language. Or perhaps you are thinking of groups of people who speak tonal languages? The many faces of /r/ and /l/ are particularly challenging if they are not a part of your primary language. The phoneme /r/ in American English is really quite a variety of sounds, not just one sound. There is pre-vocalic /r/ as in "rabbit". There are /r/ colored vowels such as the "ar" in "car", the "ear" in "hear", the "ire" in "fire", the "aur" in "hour", the "air" in "bear", the "or" in "snore", the "oower" in "sure" (That last one is particularly "Californian".) Then there is the dreaded "er" sound which can be stressed as in "early" or unstressed as in "flower". And don't even get me started on how /r/ changes each time it is combined with another consonant in a blend (/br/, /pr/, /vr/, /fr/, /dr/, /tr/, /gr/, /kr/, "shr", "thr" etc) Ok, now everybody try "The gray girl squirrel and her friend the early bird twirled and whirled around the earth." Any of you who are parents of children who struggle with /r/, cut your speech pathologist a break if it seems like therapy for that sound is taking a looooooooong time. The phoneme /r/ is deceptively complex. |
James C. Send message Joined: 19 Jul 06 Posts: 640 Credit: 18,352,758 RAC: 11 |
I hear that Europeans can't pronounce "squirrel" very easily. Its Germans I found a video haha. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FRD4uq1mVw -"Young" James "To my mathematical brain, the numbers alone make thinking about aliens perfectly rational. The real challenge is to work out what aliens might actually be like." -Steven Hawking |
James C. Send message Joined: 19 Jul 06 Posts: 640 Credit: 18,352,758 RAC: 11 |
I was just referred to as "Young James" is this my new alias? -"Young" James "To my mathematical brain, the numbers alone make thinking about aliens perfectly rational. The real challenge is to work out what aliens might actually be like." -Steven Hawking |
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