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Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution)

From	Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.system, alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.cellular-phone-tech
Subject	Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution)
Date	2017-04-25 16:17 -0700
Message-ID	<D525271C.A1D01%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> (permalink)
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On 4/25/17, 3:39 PM, in article eejvfc5pt12skkrlugeqk7vgcb3luc1ksd@4ax.com,
"Ken Blake" <Ken@invalid.news.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 25 Apr 2017 11:59:44 -0700, Snit
> <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
> 
>> I use to have a Korean roommate. Before he lived with me he was in another
>> state and owned his own restaurant -- and was an amazing cook. One day, when
>> he had several of his Korean friends at our apartment, he asked if I wanted
>> to try "goose weeber." I told him I had never heard of "goose weeber" and
>> did not know what it was. He told me it was not "goose weeber" but "goose
>> weeber" -- sounding the exact same to me. Went back and forth for some time
>> and I never could hear the difference, but his Korean friends could.
>> 
>> He was saying "goose liver"... or at least tying to. :)
> 
> Ls and Rs are very difficult sounds for many Orientals. Many people
> hear "lice" when a  Chinese person says "rice, and hear "wrong" when a
> Chinese person says "long." But in actuality, in both "rice and
> "long," the sound is somewhere between L and R.

Yes. I am aware of that from my own speech impediment growing up where I,
too, had difficulties with Ls and Rs.

> Similarly, many people hear "goil' when some native English speakers
> say "girl," and "earl" when they say "oil." Again, it's the same sound
> in both cases, somewhere between "er" and "oy."
> 
> I remember being on a tour in Tokyo, and our guide pronouncing the
> name "Frrrrank LLLLoyd RRRight." She worked very hard not to say it
> wrong, and was very proud of herself.

:)

-- 
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use reason to show the message to be wrong so they try to feel somehow
superior by attacking the messenger.

They cling to their attacks and ignore the message time and time again.

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Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> - 2017-04-24 08:07 -0500
  Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-24 14:28 +0100
    Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> - 2017-04-24 14:00 -0500
  Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-24 10:34 -0700
    Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-24 19:18 +0100
      Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-24 11:24 -0700
    Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> - 2017-04-24 14:15 -0500
      Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-24 12:19 -0700
      Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2017-04-24 15:40 -0400
        Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-24 12:48 -0700
          Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> - 2017-04-24 15:19 -0500
            Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-24 14:27 -0700
              Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> - 2017-04-25 11:16 -0500
                Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-25 09:31 -0700
          Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> - 2017-04-24 15:21 -0500
            Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-24 14:38 -0700
              Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Sprang <spring@sprung.invalid> - 2017-04-24 22:43 +0000
              Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com> - 2017-04-24 17:43 -0700
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                Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com> - 2017-04-25 09:33 -0700
                Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-25 09:56 -0700
                Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com> - 2017-04-25 10:16 -0700
                Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-25 11:30 -0700
                Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Sam E <why.should.this@be.email.invalid> - 2017-04-25 11:23 -0500
        Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2017-04-24 14:57 -0500
          Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com> - 2017-04-24 17:50 -0700
            Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2017-04-25 00:17 -0500
              Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2017-04-25 07:59 -0400
                Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2017-04-25 11:34 -0500
              Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) PAS <abc@doremi.net> - 2017-04-25 09:51 -0400
              Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com> - 2017-04-25 09:48 -0700
                Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2017-04-25 09:54 -0700
                Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2017-04-25 13:31 -0500
                Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com> - 2017-04-25 12:26 -0700
                Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-25 13:18 -0700
                Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com> - 2017-04-25 15:25 -0700
                Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-25 15:33 -0700
                Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com> - 2017-04-25 15:53 -0700
                Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-25 16:18 -0700
                Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com> - 2017-04-25 17:18 -0700
                Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2017-04-25 22:37 -0400
                Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2017-04-26 10:22 -0500
                Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-25 11:59 -0700
                Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com> - 2017-04-25 15:39 -0700
                Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-25 16:17 -0700
                Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) PAS <abc@doremi.net> - 2017-04-26 11:40 -0400
                Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-26 09:06 -0700
                Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com> - 2017-04-26 09:38 -0700
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              Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> - 2017-04-25 18:55 -0500
        Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> - 2017-04-24 15:11 -0500
        Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com> - 2017-04-24 17:39 -0700
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            Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com> - 2017-04-25 09:53 -0700
              Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-25 10:52 -0700
          Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2017-04-24 23:59 -0500
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          Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2017-04-25 09:01 -0700
            Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-25 09:26 -0700
    Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> - 2017-04-24 14:22 -0500
      Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-24 12:30 -0700
        Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> - 2017-04-24 15:04 -0500
          Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-24 15:52 -0700

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