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Post by Paul Doherty on May 30, 2008 13:57:56 GMT
> ensemble <
Not how I usually think of them, but yes!
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Post by Bertie on May 30, 2008 18:58:16 GMT
Has anyone else noticed the propensity of some people - particularly (I have no idea why) the Welsh - to refer to that part of one's anatomy as the "gluteus maximus"? Do they think that they are being clever? I just find it annoyingly pretentious.
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Post by Dave M on May 30, 2008 19:07:44 GMT
> pretentious <
Indeed. Ask 'em, "Which one - or did you mean both of the the glutei maximi?" ;D
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Post by Pete on May 30, 2008 19:34:57 GMT
> pretentious < Indeed. Ask 'em, "Which one - or did you mean both of the the glutei maximi?" ;D And unfairly discriminates against the other gluteal muscles.
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Post by Verbivore on May 31, 2008 7:31:25 GMT
Dave M: I think, then, that the Oz equivalent of your bottom might be backside. That's about as genteel as we get here. ;D
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Post by Sue M-V on May 31, 2008 11:24:35 GMT
Apparently it's obsolete. Maybe you're looking for ʚ
No; it was the right way round. My point is that although it may be obsolete in English, it's still very much alive and kicking in Swedish! What I'd like is a font that covers everything, but they're mostly English-based, even though they include bits that English speakers may be presumed to use. Apparently English people don't need Swedish!
Sue
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Post by SusanB on May 31, 2008 14:33:22 GMT
Sue, I guess you're right - it's not expected that we will need them. This nicely demonstrated by the fact that I'm still getting squares! Susan.
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Post by Tone on May 31, 2008 20:29:34 GMT
>Apparently English people don't need Swedish!<
Perhaps just the single Swedish phrase meaning, "Darn well Speak English!", or some such.
Tone
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Post by goofy on May 31, 2008 22:03:09 GMT
Apparently it's obsolete. Maybe you're looking for ʚNo; it was the right way round. My point is that although it may be obsolete in English, it's still very much alive and kicking in Swedish! I don't mean that the sound is obsolete, I mean that the symbol is obsolete: it's not longer part of the IPA. /ʊ/ is used instead. What I'd like is a font that covers everything, but they're mostly English-based, even though they include bits that English speakers may be presumed to use. Apparently English people don't need Swedish! just in case you don't knowIf you have Mac OS X then you have most IPA characters installed already.
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Post by Sue M-V on May 31, 2008 22:26:20 GMT
I mean that the symbol is obsolete: it's not longer part of the IPA. /ʊ/ is used instead.
The IPA have got a bit of a cheek, then, because the Swedish sound isn't quite the same as /ʊ/! Thanks for the link, Goofy - I think it' the same one as Barry put up - or at least it has the same links from it, I think. But if the symbol I want isn't any longer in the IPA, I don't know what I should do! I keep telling myself I should get a Mac, but I'm not sure I have the leisure to master one at the moment (or the cash to buy one!)Sue
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Post by Barry on May 31, 2008 23:17:16 GMT
The IPA are pretty thorough, Sue - most of the phoneticians I know a scarily intense about the sounds people make. If they can go to darkest Africa to discover a new consonant (someone I know did this), I'm pretty sure they'll have listened to Swedes!
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Post by Verbivore on Jun 1, 2008 7:59:17 GMT
[...] If you have Mac OS X then you have most IPA characters installed already. Yet another good reason to subscribe to the True Church of St Steve. ;D Just do it - and thank yourself for years to come.
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Post by Sue M-V on Jun 1, 2008 10:39:40 GMT
O.K., Vv. I'll ask for one for Christmas!
Sue
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Post by goofy on Jun 1, 2008 18:57:51 GMT
typing in the IPA on a MacHe says you need some more fonts, but I had a look and they're pretty much all represented in the preinstalled fonts. Həld! I,ɯ ndƨı̣pə poʍu!
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Post by Sue M-V on Jun 2, 2008 0:05:11 GMT
Həld! I,ɯ ndƨı̣pə poʍu! Now I can see why Vv needs a Mac in Australia! Sue
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