Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Canopy


6 comments:

  1. Dean is keen! (Does that rhyme in Vermont?)

    getting caught up….

    cat--yes, Barry and Jerry have two different vowels for me too, although close. And berry and bury are homophones as well.

    listener--Larry and Marry with the sound of the bass (fish)? That is something different for me, certainly!

    cat--Edith Skinner's "Speak with Distinction," revised edition edited by lilene Mansell is a pretty thick paperback book with a specialized phonetic notation; there is a 75-minute audio practice CD to go with it. I must admit I haven't attacked either one yet (he says as he pulls out his good earphones and slips the CD into the optical drive)…yes, needs to be used with the book. Both book and practice CD are currently available at Alibris.com for about ten dollars and up, or together for thirty-six dollars and up. It seems that the new version teaches both an Eastern and a Western standard American as well as Skinner's "Good English" which is a transatlantic accent.

    listener-- I absolutely agree that today's so-called "conservatives" are anything but. Traditional conservatism conserves class distinctions and rule by the the social elite, but nowadays "conservatives" are radicals--indeed, they are more and more anarchists!

    Now for a bit of ice water flavored with lime juice, and then to bed.

    --Alan

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  2. Dean always rhymes in Vermont!

    Well, it certainly seems to me there needs to be different pronunciations for marry and merry, since too many people who get married are certainly not merried! Ha!

    However, up here bury and berry sound the same. Hmmm.

    Alan, I first read your last comment as "ice-flavored lime juice". LOL!

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  3. Bit warmer. Not complaining yet, lol!

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  4. On the positive side, my youngest grand turned 10 yesterday, and her mother is now in a manual wheelchair in rehab.

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  5. Wonderful, puddle! More power to her! To both of them! :-)

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