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What if life were like fiction?

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First post2016-09-20 04:13 -0700
Last post2016-12-05 08:19 -0800
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  What if life were like fiction? alal65536@gmail.com - 2016-09-20 04:13 -0700
    Re: What if life were like fiction? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-09-20 12:29 +0000
      Re: What if life were like fiction? Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2016-09-20 07:41 -0700
        Re: What if life were like fiction? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-09-20 19:24 +0000
          Re: What if life were like fiction? ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2016-09-20 19:55 +0000
            Re: What if life were like fiction? Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2016-09-20 13:00 -0700
              Re: What if life were like fiction? Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2016-09-21 15:48 -0700
                Re: What if life were like fiction? Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2016-09-21 17:17 -0700
                  Re: What if life were like fiction? Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2016-09-24 10:28 -0700
    Re: What if life were like fiction? alal65536@gmail.com - 2016-09-20 09:02 -0700
    Re: What if life were like fiction? David Johnston <Davidjohnston29@yahoo.com> - 2016-09-20 10:39 -0600
      Re: What if life were like fiction? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-09-20 19:25 +0000
        Re: What if life were like fiction? Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2016-09-21 11:25 -0700
          Re: What if life were like fiction? wdstarr@panix.com (William December Starr) - 2016-09-24 13:41 -0400
            Re: What if life were like fiction? "nuny@bid.nes" <Alien8752@gmail.com> - 2016-09-24 16:31 -0700
              Re: What if life were like fiction? wdstarr@panix.com (William December Starr) - 2016-09-24 20:33 -0400
              Re: What if life were like fiction? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-09-25 01:28 +0000
                Re: What if life were like fiction? "nuny@bid.nes" <Alien8752@gmail.com> - 2016-09-24 19:54 -0700
                Re: What if life were like fiction? goldfarb@ocf.berkeley.edu (David Goldfarb) - 2016-09-25 06:25 +0000
                  Re: What if life were like fiction? David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2016-09-25 03:40 -0500
                    Re: What if life were like fiction? goldfarb@ocf.berkeley.edu (David Goldfarb) - 2016-09-25 23:10 +0000
                      Re: What if life were like fiction? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-09-26 00:01 +0000
                        Re: What if life were like fiction? David Johnston <Davidjohnston29@yahoo.com> - 2016-09-25 18:25 -0600
                          Re: What if life were like fiction? Juho Julkunen <giaotanj@hotmail.com> - 2016-09-26 14:16 +0300
                            Re: What if life were like fiction? "Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)" <seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com> - 2016-09-26 10:06 -0400
                              Re: What if life were like fiction? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-09-26 15:34 +0000
                                Re: What if life were like fiction? "nuny@bid.nes" <Alien8752@gmail.com> - 2016-09-26 12:33 -0700
                                  Re: What if life were like fiction? Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2016-09-26 20:00 -0600
                                Re: What if life were like fiction? David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2016-09-27 06:02 -0500
                                  Re: What if life were like fiction? "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2016-09-27 13:19 -0400
                            Re: What if life were like fiction? David Johnston <Davidjohnston29@yahoo.com> - 2016-09-26 12:25 -0600
                              Re: What if life were like fiction? "nuny@bid.nes" <Alien8752@gmail.com> - 2016-09-26 18:08 -0700
                                Re: What if life were like fiction? David Johnston <Davidjohnston29@yahoo.com> - 2016-09-26 19:13 -0600
                                  Re: What if life were like fiction? "Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)" <seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com> - 2016-09-27 09:50 -0400
                                    Re: What if life were like fiction? ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2016-09-27 14:07 +0000
                                      Re: What if life were like fiction? Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2016-09-27 08:21 -0600
                                        Re: What if life were like fiction? ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2016-09-27 14:29 +0000
                                          Re: What if life were like fiction? Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2016-09-27 07:48 -0700
                                            Re: What if life were like fiction? Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2016-09-27 10:43 -0700
                                    Re: What if life were like fiction? Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2016-09-27 07:47 -0700
                                    Re: What if life were like fiction? David Johnston <Davidjohnston29@yahoo.com> - 2016-09-27 12:57 -0600
                                      Re: What if life were like fiction? Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2016-09-27 12:45 -0700
                                        Re: What if life were like fiction? David Johnston <Davidjohnston29@yahoo.com> - 2016-09-27 14:21 -0600
                                      Re: What if life were like fiction? "Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)" <seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com> - 2016-09-27 18:02 -0400
                            Re: What if life were like fiction? Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2016-09-26 12:48 -0700
                              Re: What if life were like fiction? "Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)" <seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com> - 2016-09-26 16:10 -0400
                        Re: What if life were like fiction? Don Kuenz <g@crcomp.net> - 2016-09-26 04:02 +0000
                        Re: What if life were like fiction? Robert Bannister <robban@clubtelco.com> - 2016-09-27 07:31 +0800
                          Re: What if life were like fiction? "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2016-09-26 19:38 -0400
                            Re: What if life were like fiction? Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2016-09-26 18:20 -0700
                              Re: What if life were like fiction? "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2016-09-27 00:30 -0400
                                Re: What if life were like fiction? Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2016-09-26 23:16 -0700
                                  Re: What if life were like fiction? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-09-27 12:44 +0000
                                    Re: What if life were like fiction? Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2016-09-27 10:36 -0700
                                      Re: What if life were like fiction? Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@sff.net> - 2016-09-27 14:54 -0400
                                        Re: What if life were like fiction? David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2016-09-27 17:31 -0500
                                          Re: What if life were like fiction? Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@sff.net> - 2016-09-28 00:51 -0400
                                            Re: What if life were like fiction? Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2016-09-28 03:33 -0700
                                              Re: What if life were like fiction? Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@sff.net> - 2016-09-28 12:00 -0400
                                                Re: What if life were like fiction? Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2016-09-28 14:15 -0700
                                                  Re: What if life were like fiction? Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@sff.net> - 2016-09-29 01:03 -0400
                                                    Re: What if life were like fiction? Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2016-09-29 16:00 -0700
                                                      Re: What if life were like fiction? Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2016-09-29 16:31 -0700
                                                        Re: What if life were like fiction? "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2016-09-29 19:46 -0400
                                                        Re: What if life were like fiction? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-09-30 00:17 +0000
                                                        Re: What if life were like fiction? David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2016-09-29 23:01 -0500
                                                          Re: What if life were like fiction? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-09-30 04:19 +0000
                                                            Re: What if life were like fiction? Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> - 2016-09-30 11:16 -0500
                                                              Re: What if life were like fiction? "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2016-09-30 16:14 -0400
                                                                Re: What if life were like fiction? Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2016-09-30 14:04 -0700
                                                                  Re: What if life were like fiction? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-09-30 23:48 +0000
                                                                    Re: What if life were like fiction? "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2016-09-30 21:44 -0400
                                                                      Re: What if life were like fiction? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-10-01 05:03 +0000
                                                                        Re: What if life were like fiction? goldfarb@ocf.berkeley.edu (David Goldfarb) - 2016-10-02 01:17 +0000
                                                                          Re: What if life were like fiction? "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2016-10-01 23:41 -0400
                                                                          Re: What if life were like fiction? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-10-02 04:35 +0000
                                                                            Re: What if life were like fiction? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-10-02 05:19 +0000
                                                                            Re: What if life were like fiction? "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2016-10-02 02:20 -0400
                                                                              Re: What if life were like fiction? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-10-02 13:42 +0000
                                                                                Re: What if life were like fiction? Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2016-10-02 11:50 -0700
                                                                                  Re: What if life were like fiction? goldfarb@ocf.berkeley.edu (David Goldfarb) - 2016-10-02 20:07 +0000
                                                                                  Re: What if life were like fiction? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-10-02 20:44 +0000
                                                                                    Re: What if life were like fiction? Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@sometimes.sessile.org> - 2016-10-02 22:56 +0100
                                                                                      Re: What if life were like fiction? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-10-02 23:50 +0000
                                                                                    Re: What if life were like fiction? "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2016-10-02 19:20 -0400
                                                                                  Re: What if life were like fiction? Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2016-10-02 15:44 -0700
                                                                                    Re: What if life were like fiction? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-10-02 23:51 +0000
                                                                                      Re: What if life were like fiction? Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2016-10-03 11:23 -0700
                                                                                        Re: What if life were like fiction? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-10-03 20:52 +0000
                                                                                        Re: What if life were like fiction? wdstarr@panix.com (William December Starr) - 2016-12-02 08:56 -0500
                                                                          Re: What if life were like fiction? nance@math.ohio-state.edu (Anthony Nance) - 2016-10-05 18:59 +0000
                                                                          Re: What if life were like fiction? Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2016-10-06 20:05 -0700
                                                            Re: What if life were like fiction? Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2016-09-30 10:48 -0700
                                                              Re: What if life were like fiction? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-09-30 19:15 +0000
                                                            Re: What if life were like fiction? Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2016-09-30 12:12 -0700
                                                              Re: What if life were like fiction? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-09-30 19:35 +0000
                                                          Re: What if life were like fiction? "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2016-09-30 03:48 -0400
                                                        Re: What if life were like fiction? Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@sff.net> - 2016-09-30 01:46 -0400
                                                          Re: What if life were like fiction? ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2016-09-30 05:53 +0000
                                                            Re: What if life were like fiction? hamish.laws@gmail.com - 2016-09-29 22:59 -0700
                                                              Re: What if life were like fiction? ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2016-09-30 06:05 +0000
                                                                Re: What if life were like fiction? "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2016-09-30 03:51 -0400
                                                                  Re: What if life were like fiction? Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2016-09-30 07:13 -0600
                                                            Re: What if life were like fiction? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-09-30 12:53 +0000
                                                              Re: What if life were like fiction? ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2016-09-30 16:12 +0000
                                                              Re: What if life were like fiction? Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@sff.net> - 2016-09-30 12:37 -0400
                                                              Re: What if life were like fiction? David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2016-10-01 00:14 -0500
                                                                Re: What if life were like fiction? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-10-01 05:53 +0000
                                                          Re: What if life were like fiction? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-09-30 12:49 +0000
                                                            Re: What if life were like fiction? Don Kuenz <g@crcomp.net> - 2016-09-30 15:20 +0000
                                                              Re: What if life were like fiction? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-09-30 19:19 +0000
                                                            Re: What if life were like fiction? Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@sff.net> - 2016-09-30 12:36 -0400
                                                            Re: What if life were like fiction? Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2016-09-30 10:53 -0700
                                                          Re: What if life were like fiction? Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> - 2016-09-30 11:12 -0500
                                                            Re: What if life were like fiction? Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@sff.net> - 2016-09-30 12:42 -0400
                                                              Re: What if life were like fiction? news{@bestley.co.uk (Mark Bestley) - 2016-09-30 18:00 +0100
                                                                Re: What if life were like fiction? Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2016-09-30 11:02 -0700
                                                                Re: What if life were like fiction? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-09-30 19:29 +0000
                                                            Re: What if life were like fiction? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-09-30 19:26 +0000
                                                              Re: What if life were like fiction? Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@sff.net> - 2016-09-30 16:46 -0400
                                                                Re: What if life were like fiction? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-10-01 00:03 +0000
                                                                  Re: What if life were like fiction? Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@sff.net> - 2016-09-30 23:53 -0400
                                                                    Re: What if life were like fiction? "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-10-01 08:05 -0400
                                                                    Re: What if life were like fiction? "Michael R N Dolbear" <me@privacy.net> - 2016-10-02 01:57 +0100
                                                              Re: What if life were like fiction? Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2016-09-30 13:52 -0700
                                                                Re: What if life were like fiction? Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2016-09-30 14:00 -0700
                                                                  Re: What if life were like fiction? Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2016-09-30 14:09 -0700
                                                        Re: What if life were like fiction? Bill Dugan <wkdugan@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-09-30 08:23 -0700
                                                          Re: What if life were like fiction? news{@bestley.co.uk (Mark Bestley) - 2016-09-30 18:01 +0100
                                                            Re: What if life were like fiction? Bill Dugan <wkdugan@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-09-30 12:00 -0700
                                                              Re: What if life were like fiction? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-09-30 19:24 +0000
                                                                Re: What if life were like fiction? "Michael R N Dolbear" <me@privacy.net> - 2016-09-30 21:47 +0100
                                                                  Re: What if life were like fiction? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-10-01 00:02 +0000
                                                                  Re: What if life were like fiction? Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2016-10-01 16:18 -0700
                                                                    Re: What if life were like fiction? David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2016-10-02 02:33 -0500
                                                          Re: What if life were like fiction? Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2016-09-30 10:58 -0700
                                                            Re: What if life were like fiction? Bill Dugan <wkdugan@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-09-30 12:00 -0700
                                                            Re: What if life were like fiction? David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2016-10-01 00:19 -0500
                                                              Re: What if life were like fiction? Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@sff.net> - 2016-10-01 01:42 -0400
                                                                Re: What if life were like fiction? ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2016-10-01 06:11 +0000
                                                                  Re: What if life were like fiction? Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@sff.net> - 2016-10-01 02:30 -0400
                                                                    Re: What if life were like fiction? "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2016-10-01 06:46 -0400
                                                                      Re: What if life were like fiction? Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@sff.net> - 2016-10-01 14:50 -0400
                                                                        Re: What if life were like fiction? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-10-01 19:28 +0000
                                                                          Re: What if life were like fiction? Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@sff.net> - 2016-10-01 16:14 -0400
                                                                        Re: What if life were like fiction? "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2016-10-01 15:45 -0400
                                                                          Re: What if life were like fiction? Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@sff.net> - 2016-10-01 16:16 -0400
                                                                            Re: What if life were like fiction? "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2016-10-01 18:21 -0400
                                                                          Re: What if life were like fiction? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-10-01 22:21 +0000
                                                                            Re: What if life were like fiction? goldfarb@ocf.berkeley.edu (David Goldfarb) - 2016-10-02 01:28 +0000
                                                                            Re: What if life were like fiction? Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2016-10-01 19:00 -0700
                                                                            Re: What if life were like fiction? Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@sff.net> - 2016-10-02 01:36 -0400
                                                                              Re: What if life were like fiction? nance@math.ohio-state.edu (Anthony Nance) - 2016-10-05 19:06 +0000
                                                                                Re: What if life were like fiction? Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@sff.net> - 2016-10-05 15:55 -0400
                                                                                  Re: What if life were like fiction? Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2016-10-05 13:06 -0700
                                                                                    Re: What if life were like fiction? Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@sff.net> - 2016-10-05 16:29 -0400
                                                                                      Re: What if life were like fiction? Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2016-10-05 18:55 -0700
                                                                                Re: What if life were like fiction? Joy Beeson <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> - 2016-10-05 22:51 -0300
                                                                                  Re: What if life were like fiction? Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2016-10-08 13:49 -0700
                                                                                    Re: What if life were like fiction? Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2016-10-08 14:55 -0700
                                                                                      Re: What if life were like fiction? "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2016-10-08 18:41 -0400
                                                                                      Re: What if life were like fiction? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-10-09 04:31 +0000
                                                                                        Re: What if life were like fiction? Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2016-10-09 07:16 -0700
                                                                                        Re: What if life were like fiction? Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> - 2016-10-09 10:41 -0500
                                                                                          Re: What if life were like fiction? Joe Bernstein <joe@sfbooks.com> - 2016-10-09 09:28 -0700
                                                                                          Re: What if life were like fiction? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-10-09 20:08 +0000
                                                                                            Re: What if life were like fiction? Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> - 2016-10-09 15:24 -0500
                                                                                              Re: What if life were like fiction? Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2016-10-09 15:34 -0700
                                                                                                Re: What if life were like fiction? Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2016-10-09 17:10 -0700
                                                                                                  Re: What if life were like fiction? Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@sff.net> - 2016-10-10 01:15 -0400
                                                                                                    Re: What if life were like fiction? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-10-10 12:42 +0000
                                                                                                      Re: What if life were like fiction? Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@sff.net> - 2016-10-10 11:14 -0400
                                                                                                Re: What if life were like fiction? Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2016-10-10 11:27 -0700
                                                                                                  Re: What if life were like fiction? Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2016-10-10 11:48 -0700
                                                                                                    Re: What if life were like fiction? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-10-11 00:31 +0000
                                                                                                    Re: What if life were like fiction? Jesper Lauridsen <rorschak@sorrystofanet.dk> - 2016-12-03 18:06 +0000
                                                                                                      Re: What if life were like fiction? ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2016-12-03 18:43 +0000
                                                                                                        Re: What if life were like fiction? Jesper Lauridsen <rorschak@sorrystofanet.dk> - 2016-12-03 20:37 +0000
                                                                                                        Re: What if life were like fiction? Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2016-12-03 13:28 -0800
                                                                                                      Re: What if life were like fiction? Juho Julkunen <giaotanj@hotmail.com> - 2016-12-03 22:29 +0200
                                                                                                      Re: What if life were like fiction? Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2016-12-04 22:30 -0700
                                                                                                    Re: What if life were like fiction? Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2016-12-03 12:18 -0800
                                                                                                  Re: What if life were like fiction? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-10-11 00:30 +0000
                                                                                          Re: What if life were like fiction? Jerry Brown <jerry@jwbrown.co.uk.invalid> - 2016-10-09 23:06 +0100
                                                                                          Re: What if life were like fiction? "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2016-10-10 07:08 -0400
                                                                                            Re: What if life were like fiction? "nuny@bid.nes" <Alien8752@gmail.com> - 2016-10-10 13:50 -0700
                                                                                      Re: What if life were like fiction? David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2016-10-10 08:14 -0500
                                                              Re: What if life were like fiction? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-10-01 06:01 +0000
                                                              Re: What if life were like fiction? "nuny@bid.nes" <Alien8752@gmail.com> - 2016-10-01 02:54 -0700
                                                              Re: What if life were like fiction? "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2016-10-01 06:31 -0400
                                                          Re: What if life were like fiction? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-09-30 19:22 +0000
                                                          Re: What if life were like fiction? Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2016-09-30 14:14 -0700
                                                            Re: What if life were like fiction? nance@math.ohio-state.edu (Anthony Nance) - 2016-10-05 19:04 +0000
                                                      Re: What if life were like fiction? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-09-30 00:09 +0000
                                                        Re: What if life were like fiction? "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2016-09-30 04:04 -0400
                                                          Re: What if life were like fiction? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-09-30 12:56 +0000
                                                            Re: What if life were like fiction? "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2016-09-30 09:38 -0400
                                                  Re: What if life were like fiction? David Harmon <source@netcom.com> - 2016-09-30 16:01 -0700
                                                    Re: What if life were like fiction? Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> - 2016-09-30 19:56 -0500
                                                      Re: What if life were like fiction? "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2016-09-30 21:52 -0400
                                                        Re: What if life were like fiction? Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@sff.net> - 2016-09-30 23:57 -0400
                                                          Re: What if life were like fiction? "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2016-10-01 00:52 -0400
                                                            Re: What if life were like fiction? Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@sff.net> - 2016-10-01 00:57 -0400
                                                            Re: What if life were like fiction? David Johnston <Davidjohnston29@yahoo.com> - 2016-10-01 12:50 -0600
                                                              Re: What if life were like fiction? Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2016-10-11 22:48 -0600
                                                              Re: What if life were like fiction? "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2016-10-12 01:03 -0400
                                                          Re: What if life were like fiction? Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2016-10-01 08:49 -0700
                                                            Re: What if life were like fiction? "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-10-01 14:12 -0400
                                                              Re: What if life were like fiction? Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2016-10-01 11:45 -0700
                                                            Re: What if life were like fiction? Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@sff.net> - 2016-10-01 14:56 -0400
                                                        Re: What if life were like fiction? Joe Bernstein <joe@sfbooks.com> - 2016-10-01 11:26 -0700
                                                          Re: What if life were like fiction? Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2016-10-01 11:44 -0700
                                                          Re: What if life were like fiction? "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2016-10-01 15:49 -0400
                                                            Re: What if life were like fiction? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-10-01 22:22 +0000
                                                            Re: What if life were like fiction? Joe Bernstein <joe@sfbooks.com> - 2016-10-02 10:01 -0700
                                                              Re: What if life were like fiction? "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2016-10-02 14:25 -0400
                                                                Re: What if life were like fiction? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-10-02 20:46 +0000
                                                      Re: What if life were like fiction? David Harmon <source@netcom.com> - 2016-10-02 15:12 -0700
                                            Re: What if life were like fiction? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-09-28 12:50 +0000
                                              Re: What if life were like fiction? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-09-28 14:06 +0000
                                              Re: What if life were like fiction? "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2016-09-28 11:56 -0400
                                                Re: What if life were like fiction? Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2016-09-28 09:31 -0700
                                                  Re: What if life were like fiction? Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2016-09-28 09:45 -0700
                                                    Re: What if life were like fiction? Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2016-09-28 11:53 -0700
                                                      Re: What if life were like fiction? Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2016-09-28 11:57 -0700
                                                    Re: What if life were like fiction? Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2016-09-28 17:51 -0700
                                                      Re: What if life were like fiction? hamish.laws@gmail.com - 2016-09-28 19:02 -0700
                                                        Re: What if life were like fiction? Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2016-09-28 19:51 -0700
                                                          Re: What if life were like fiction? "nuny@bid.nes" <Alien8752@gmail.com> - 2016-09-28 21:52 -0700
                                                            Re: What if life were like fiction? Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2016-09-30 09:06 -0700
                                                          Re: What if life were like fiction? Juho Julkunen <giaotanj@hotmail.com> - 2016-09-29 17:34 +0300
                                            Re: What if life were like fiction? Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2016-09-28 11:43 -0700
                              Re: What if life were like fiction? David Johnston <Davidjohnston29@yahoo.com> - 2016-09-27 01:52 -0600
                      Re: What if life were like fiction? "Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)" <seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com> - 2016-09-26 10:02 -0400
                        Re: What if life were like fiction? Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2016-09-27 11:24 -0700
    Re: What if life were like fiction? Madawc Williams <madawcnow@gmail.com> - 2016-12-04 09:19 -0800
      Re: What if life were like fiction? ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2016-12-04 17:24 +0000
        Re: What if life were like fiction? Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2016-12-04 10:15 -0800
        Re: What if life were like fiction? "Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)" <seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com> - 2016-12-05 10:31 -0500
      Re: What if life were like fiction? Jerry Brown <jerry@jwbrown.co.uk.invalid> - 2016-12-04 18:19 +0000
      Re: What if life were like fiction? Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@sff.net> - 2016-12-04 13:42 -0500
      Re: What if life were like fiction? Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> - 2016-12-04 18:20 -0600
        Re: What if life were like fiction? ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2016-12-05 00:36 +0000
      Re: What if life were like fiction? wdstarr@panix.com (William December Starr) - 2016-12-04 22:43 -0500
        Re: What if life were like fiction? Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2016-12-05 12:18 -0800
      Re: What if life were like fiction? Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2016-12-04 22:34 -0700
        Re: What if life were like fiction? hamish.laws@gmail.com - 2016-12-04 22:14 -0800
        Re: What if life were like fiction? goldfarb@ocf.berkeley.edu (David Goldfarb) - 2016-12-05 09:22 +0000
      Re: What if life were like fiction? David Johnston <Davidjohnston29@yahoo.com> - 2016-12-05 00:03 -0700
        Re: What if life were like fiction? "Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)" <seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com> - 2016-12-05 10:33 -0500
          Re: What if life were like fiction? Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2016-12-05 11:20 -0800
            Re: What if life were like fiction? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-12-05 19:31 +0000
              Re: What if life were like fiction? Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-12-05 14:49 -0800
                Re: What if life were like fiction? Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-12-05 14:53 -0800
            Re: What if life were like fiction? David Johnston <Davidjohnston29@yahoo.com> - 2016-12-05 12:35 -0700
      Re: What if life were like fiction? "Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)" <seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com> - 2016-12-05 10:37 -0500
    Re: What if life were like fiction? mcdowell_ag@sky.com - 2016-12-05 08:19 -0800

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#452515

FromLawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@sff.net>
Date2016-09-30 23:57 -0400
Message-ID<qqcuub92vdiga9lde9pe12i4oqvufr3pm8@reader80.eternal-september.org>
In reply to#452509
On Fri, 30 Sep 2016 21:52:32 -0400, "Brian M. Scott"
<b.scott@csuohio.edu> wrote:

>On Fri, 30 Sep 2016 19:56:37 -0500, Cryptoengineer
><treifamily@gmail.com> wrote
>in<news:XnsA693D515AD335melchizedek@216.166.97.131> in
>rec.arts.sf.written:
>
>> David Harmon <source@netcom.com> wrote in
>> news:hvKdnZcQVJlDc3PKnZ2dnUU7- YudnZ2d@earthlink.com:
>
>>> On Wed, 28 Sep 2016 14:15:44 -0700 in
>>> rec.arts.sf.written, Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net>
>>> wrote,
>
>>>> It is the sort of thing that people can easily miss. 
>>>> Do you *normally* consider how other people will
>>>> pronounce something?
>
>>> Yes obviously, if pronouncing that something is a big
>>> part of what you hiring them for.
>
>> That requires being (1) Aware that there are alternatives
>> ('How many ways can you pronounce 'Houston'?, 
>
>I’ve encountered three in surnames (hew, hoo, how).

Same here.

>> and (2) Aware that not everyone is aware of that fact.
>
>And it’s easy not to be aware of some of the potential
>problems.  A lot of people don’t know that it’s Wi-sconsin,
>not Wis-consin, for instance.

That's a subtle enough difference I'm not sure it would be a problem,
any more than the common mispronunciations of Missouri, Oregon, and
Nevada are.

"Mary Land" for Maryland, on the other hand, or "Ar Kansas" for
Arkansas, makes you sound like an idiot.

"Massatusetts" used to drive me nuts when I was younger; never
understood where that one came from.  At least I always knew what the
speaker meant.




-- 
My webpage is at http://www.watt-evans.com

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#452516

From"Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu>
Date2016-10-01 00:52 -0400
Message-ID<rhtm2vld6ra7.y6131jq2cets$.dlg@40tude.net>
In reply to#452515
On Fri, 30 Sep 2016 23:57:42 -0400, Lawrence Watt-Evans
<lwe@sff.net> wrote
in<news:qqcuub92vdiga9lde9pe12i4oqvufr3pm8@reader80.eternal-september.org>
in rec.arts.sf.written:

> On Fri, 30 Sep 2016 21:52:32 -0400, "Brian M. Scott"
> <b.scott@csuohio.edu> wrote:

[...]

>>And it’s easy not to be aware of some of the potential
>>problems.  A lot of people don’t know that it’s Wi-sconsin,
>>not Wis-consin, for instance.

> That's a subtle enough difference I'm not sure it would
> be a problem, any more than the common mispronunciations
> of Missouri, Oregon, and Nevada are.

It’s certainly not a problem for understanding, but it
apparently can be a genuine annoyance, albeit sometimes
subliminal.

Brian
-- 
It was the neap tide, when the baga venture out of their
holes to root for sandtatties.  The waves whispered
rhythmically over the packed sand: haggisss, haggisss,
haggisss.

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#452517

FromLawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@sff.net>
Date2016-10-01 00:57 -0400
Message-ID<chguub5vl6ra4ktr03n1jl0gl6mu0f286n@reader80.eternal-september.org>
In reply to#452516
On Sat, 1 Oct 2016 00:52:35 -0400, "Brian M. Scott"
<b.scott@csuohio.edu> wrote:

>On Fri, 30 Sep 2016 23:57:42 -0400, Lawrence Watt-Evans
><lwe@sff.net> wrote
>in<news:qqcuub92vdiga9lde9pe12i4oqvufr3pm8@reader80.eternal-september.org>
>in rec.arts.sf.written:
>
>> On Fri, 30 Sep 2016 21:52:32 -0400, "Brian M. Scott"
>> <b.scott@csuohio.edu> wrote:
>
>[...]
>
>>>And it?s easy not to be aware of some of the potential
>>>problems.  A lot of people don?t know that it?s Wi-sconsin,
>>>not Wis-consin, for instance.
>
>> That's a subtle enough difference I'm not sure it would
>> be a problem, any more than the common mispronunciations
>> of Missouri, Oregon, and Nevada are.
>
>It’s certainly not a problem for understanding, but it
>apparently can be a genuine annoyance, albeit sometimes
>subliminal.

Fair enough.



-- 
My webpage is at http://www.watt-evans.com

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#452583

FromDavid Johnston <Davidjohnston29@yahoo.com>
Date2016-10-01 12:50 -0600
Message-ID<nsp0g5$n19$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#452516
On 9/30/2016 10:52 PM, Brian M. Scott wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Sep 2016 23:57:42 -0400, Lawrence Watt-Evans
> <lwe@sff.net> wrote
> in<news:qqcuub92vdiga9lde9pe12i4oqvufr3pm8@reader80.eternal-september.org>
> in rec.arts.sf.written:
>
>> On Fri, 30 Sep 2016 21:52:32 -0400, "Brian M. Scott"
>> <b.scott@csuohio.edu> wrote:
>
> [...]
>
>>> And it’s easy not to be aware of some of the potential
>>> problems.  A lot of people don’t know that it’s Wi-sconsin,
>>> not Wis-consin, for instance.
>
>> That's a subtle enough difference I'm not sure it would
>> be a problem, any more than the common mispronunciations
>> of Missouri, Oregon, and Nevada are.
>
> It’s certainly not a problem for understanding, but it
> apparently can be a genuine annoyance, albeit sometimes
> subliminal.
>
> Brian
>

Hunh.  People who aren't from Alberta don't generally know that 
Albertans pronounce it "Alberda" but I don't think it annoys Albertans 
when someone betrays their out-of-provinceness by pronouncing it as it 
is spelled.

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#453695

FromGreg Goss <gossg@gossg.org>
Date2016-10-11 22:48 -0600
Message-ID<e65tldFfbtcU1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#452583
David Johnston <Davidjohnston29@yahoo.com> wrote:


>Hunh.  People who aren't from Alberta don't generally know that 
>Albertans pronounce it "Alberda" but I don't think it annoys Albertans 
>when someone betrays their out-of-provinceness by pronouncing it as it 
>is spelled.

I've lived in AB for ten years, after growing up in the adjacent
province.  "D" for "T" is a generic trend for any mid-word T, but I've
never really noticed this for Alberta.

I've just said it a few times, and the consonant is so mild and brief
that it's really hard to tell the difference.
-- 
We are geeks.  Resistance is voltage over current.

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#453699

From"Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu>
Date2016-10-12 01:03 -0400
Message-ID<142de4vy3lty4.wqdun1ynr48b.dlg@40tude.net>
In reply to#452583
On Sat, 1 Oct 2016 12:50:06 -0600, David Johnston
<Davidjohnston29@yahoo.com> wrote
in<news:nsp0g5$n19$1@dont-email.me> in rec.arts.sf.written:

[...]

> Hunh.  People who aren't from Alberta don't generally
> know that Albertans pronounce it "Alberda" 

They don’t, quite: they pronounce it with an alveolar flap
or tap.  See <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flapping> for a
reasonable lay account.

> but I don't think it annoys Albertans when someone
> betrays their out-of-provinceness by pronouncing it as
> it is spelled.

That’s partly because flapping is extremely common in North
America varieties of English, to that extent that a
majority of non-Albertans will have it in <Alberta>.

Brian
-- 
It was the neap tide, when the baga venture out of their
holes to root for sandtatties.  The waves whispered
rhythmically over the packed sand: haggisss, haggisss,
haggisss.

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#452561

FromKevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com>
Date2016-10-01 08:49 -0700
Message-ID<2302f71c-dc47-4e6d-b350-0acaa071fba7@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#452515
On Friday, September 30, 2016 at 11:57:42 PM UTC-4, Lawrence Watt-Evans wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Sep 2016 21:52:32 -0400, "Brian M. Scott"
> <b.scott@csuohio.edu> wrote:
> 
> >On Fri, 30 Sep 2016 19:56:37 -0500, Cryptoengineer
> ><treifamily@gmail.com> wrote
> >in<news:XnsA693D515AD335melchizedek@216.166.97.131> in
> >rec.arts.sf.written:
> >
> >> David Harmon <source@netcom.com> wrote in
> >> news:hvKdnZcQVJlDc3PKnZ2dnUU7- YudnZ2d@earthlink.com:
> >
> >>> On Wed, 28 Sep 2016 14:15:44 -0700 in
> >>> rec.arts.sf.written, Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net>
> >>> wrote,
> >
> >>>> It is the sort of thing that people can easily miss. 
> >>>> Do you *normally* consider how other people will
> >>>> pronounce something?
> >
> >>> Yes obviously, if pronouncing that something is a big
> >>> part of what you hiring them for.
> >
> >> That requires being (1) Aware that there are alternatives
> >> ('How many ways can you pronounce 'Houston'?, 
> >
> >I’ve encountered three in surnames (hew, hoo, how).
> 
> Same here.
> 
> >> and (2) Aware that not everyone is aware of that fact.
> >
> >And it’s easy not to be aware of some of the potential
> >problems.  A lot of people don’t know that it’s Wi-sconsin,
> >not Wis-consin, for instance.
> 

I've heard what seems like Wiscaaaansin, with the multiple As
sounding like the vowel in "scan," but drawn out.

I never noticed Wi-sconsin much in M'waukee, but suspect it might
be an outstate or upstate thing.  I heard `Sconsin a lot: saying the
"wi" so quickly yo missed it, if it was said at all.  There are
folks who use "Sconnie" as slang for a Badger Stater.

I've watched football games with ex-QB Joe Theismann doing the
commentary, and the Badger or Packer fans would howl at Joe's
constant references to "Wes-conson." 
  
> That's a subtle enough difference I'm not sure it would be a problem,
> any more than the common mispronunciations of Missouri, Oregon, and
> Nevada are.
> 

Ever watch the old TV shoe "James at 15?" (Later, at 16.)
The title character moved from OR to Boston, and his new
schoolmates ragged him by pronouncing his old state "Ore-e-gone."

> "Mary Land" for Maryland, on the other hand, or "Ar Kansas" for
> Arkansas, makes you sound like an idiot.
> 

It's Ar kan saw, but people who live there are Ar Kansans, no?
They don't say "Ar kan sawns" or something?

> "Massatusetts" used to drive me nuts when I was younger; never
> understood where that one came from.  At least I always knew what the
> speaker meant.
> 

Irish immigrants not on friendly terms with the th dipthong?
Sort of like the legendary New Yorker's "Toytd-toyd an' toyd"
or "dese, dem an dose?

This blog suggests it is a world-wide phenomena:

http://dialectblog.com/2011/04/12/th-in-city-accent/

Kevin R

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#452574

From"J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com>
Date2016-10-01 14:12 -0400
Message-ID<MPG.3259c697584a698b98a5c3@news.eternal-september.org>
In reply to#452561
In article <2302f71c-dc47-4e6d-b350-0acaa071fba7@googlegroups.com>, 
kevrob@my-deja.com says...
> 
> On Friday, September 30, 2016 at 11:57:42 PM UTC-4, Lawrence Watt-Evans wrote:
> > On Fri, 30 Sep 2016 21:52:32 -0400, "Brian M. Scott"
> > <b.scott@csuohio.edu> wrote:
> > 
> > >On Fri, 30 Sep 2016 19:56:37 -0500, Cryptoengineer
> > ><treifamily@gmail.com> wrote
> > >in<news:XnsA693D515AD335melchizedek@216.166.97.131> in
> > >rec.arts.sf.written:
> > >
> > >> David Harmon <source@netcom.com> wrote in
> > >> news:hvKdnZcQVJlDc3PKnZ2dnUU7- YudnZ2d@earthlink.com:
> > >
> > >>> On Wed, 28 Sep 2016 14:15:44 -0700 in
> > >>> rec.arts.sf.written, Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net>
> > >>> wrote,
> > >
> > >>>> It is the sort of thing that people can easily miss. 
> > >>>> Do you *normally* consider how other people will
> > >>>> pronounce something?
> > >
> > >>> Yes obviously, if pronouncing that something is a big
> > >>> part of what you hiring them for.
> > >
> > >> That requires being (1) Aware that there are alternatives
> > >> ('How many ways can you pronounce 'Houston'?, 
> > >
> > >I’ve encountered three in surnames (hew, hoo, how).
> > 
> > Same here.
> > 
> > >> and (2) Aware that not everyone is aware of that fact.
> > >
> > >And it’s easy not to be aware of some of the potential
> > >problems.  A lot of people don’t know that it’s Wi-sconsin,
> > >not Wis-consin, for instance.
> > 
> 
> I've heard what seems like Wiscaaaansin, with the multiple As
> sounding like the vowel in "scan," but drawn out.
> 
> I never noticed Wi-sconsin much in M'waukee, but suspect it might
> be an outstate or upstate thing.  I heard `Sconsin a lot: saying the
> "wi" so quickly yo missed it, if it was said at all.  There are
> folks who use "Sconnie" as slang for a Badger Stater.
> 
> I've watched football games with ex-QB Joe Theismann doing the
> commentary, and the Badger or Packer fans would howl at Joe's
> constant references to "Wes-conson." 
>   
> > That's a subtle enough difference I'm not sure it would be a problem,
> > any more than the common mispronunciations of Missouri, Oregon, and
> > Nevada are.
> > 
> 
> Ever watch the old TV shoe "James at 15?" (Later, at 16.)
> The title character moved from OR to Boston, and his new
> schoolmates ragged him by pronouncing his old state "Ore-e-gone."
> 
> > "Mary Land" for Maryland, on the other hand, or "Ar Kansas" for
> > Arkansas, makes you sound like an idiot.
> > 
> 
> It's Ar kan saw, but people who live there are Ar Kansans, no?
> They don't say "Ar kan sawns" or something?
> 
> > "Massatusetts" used to drive me nuts when I was younger; never
> > understood where that one came from.  At least I always knew what the
> > speaker meant.
> > 
> 
> Irish immigrants not on friendly terms with the th dipthong?
> Sort of like the legendary New Yorker's "Toytd-toyd an' toyd"
> or "dese, dem an dose?
> 
> This blog suggests it is a world-wide phenomena:
> 
> http://dialectblog.com/2011/04/12/th-in-city-accent/
> 
> Kevin R

There is no "th" in Massachusetts.

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#452582

FromKevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com>
Date2016-10-01 11:45 -0700
Message-ID<c25e809f-20d4-4c2c-9048-7447a2eb2353@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#452574
D'oh! Inserting the extra T and deleting the ch is something else, entire.

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#452587

FromLawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@sff.net>
Date2016-10-01 14:56 -0400
Message-ID<hd10vb9p1buoosg22irvjk8op3fqgfqq3i@reader80.eternal-september.org>
In reply to#452561
On Sat, 1 Oct 2016 08:49:26 -0700 (PDT), Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com>
wrote:

>On Friday, September 30, 2016 at 11:57:42 PM UTC-4, Lawrence Watt-Evans wrote:
>> On Fri, 30 Sep 2016 21:52:32 -0400, "Brian M. Scott"
>> <b.scott@csuohio.edu> wrote:
>> 
>> >On Fri, 30 Sep 2016 19:56:37 -0500, Cryptoengineer
>> ><treifamily@gmail.com> wrote
>> >in<news:XnsA693D515AD335melchizedek@216.166.97.131> in
>> >rec.arts.sf.written:
>> >
>> >> David Harmon <source@netcom.com> wrote in
>> >> news:hvKdnZcQVJlDc3PKnZ2dnUU7- YudnZ2d@earthlink.com:
>> >
>> >>> On Wed, 28 Sep 2016 14:15:44 -0700 in
>> >>> rec.arts.sf.written, Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net>
>> >>> wrote,
>> >
>> >>>> It is the sort of thing that people can easily miss. 
>> >>>> Do you *normally* consider how other people will
>> >>>> pronounce something?
>> >
>> >>> Yes obviously, if pronouncing that something is a big
>> >>> part of what you hiring them for.
>
>Ever watch the old TV shoe "James at 15?" (Later, at 16.)
>The title character moved from OR to Boston, and his new
>schoolmates ragged him by pronouncing his old state "Ore-e-gone."
>
>> "Mary Land" for Maryland, on the other hand, or "Ar Kansas" for
>> Arkansas, makes you sound like an idiot.
>
>It's Ar kan saw, but people who live there are Ar Kansans, no?
>They don't say "Ar kan sawns" or something?

I'm not 100% sure of that one myself.

>> "Massatusetts" used to drive me nuts when I was younger; never
>> understood where that one came from.  At least I always knew what the
>> speaker meant.
>
>Irish immigrants not on friendly terms with the th dipthong?
>Sort of like the legendary New Yorker's "Toytd-toyd an' toyd"
>or "dese, dem an dose?

No.  There's no TH in "Massachusetts."  

This particular error is a Southern thing.  I never heard it from
Irish or New Englanders of any sort, but for some reason some
Southerners change the CH to T.

I remember watching a Democratic convention once -- I forget which
year -- where the woman reading the roll call could NOT pronounce
"Massachusetts" correctly, despite many attempts.  She KNEW it was
wrong, but simply could not get the CH sound out, always saying
"Massatusetts" instead.  She got very apologetic, but never did get it
right, and I don't see how it can possibly be that difficult.

I'm fairly certain she was from Georgia.



-- 
My webpage is at http://www.watt-evans.com

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#452578

FromJoe Bernstein <joe@sfbooks.com>
Date2016-10-01 11:26 -0700
Message-ID<31df026d-488a-4882-8263-39553f507ec7@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#452509
On Friday, September 30, 2016 at 6:52:22 PM UTC-7, Brian M. Scott 
wrote:

> And it’s easy not to be aware of some of the potential
> problems.  A lot of people don’t know that it’s Wi-sconsin,
> not Wis-consin, for instance.

Really?  I guess I must be one of those people.  I think I can hear 
the difference, but can't isolate either as authoritative, nor do I 
think I could have when I lived there.

-- JLB

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#452581

FromDon Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net>
Date2016-10-01 11:44 -0700
Message-ID<nsp04m$k6s$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#452578
In article <31df026d-488a-4882-8263-39553f507ec7@googlegroups.com>,
 Joe Bernstein <joe@sfbooks.com> wrote:

> On Friday, September 30, 2016 at 6:52:22 PM UTC-7, Brian M. Scott 
> wrote:
> 
> > And it's easy not to be aware of some of the potential
> > problems.  A lot of people don't know that it's Wi-sconsin,
> > not Wis-consin, for instance.
> 
> Really?  I guess I must be one of those people.  I think I can hear 
> the difference, but can't isolate either as authoritative, nor do I 
> think I could have when I lived there.
> 
> -- JLB

Back when I was living next door (in Michigan) it was always said 
"wiss-con-sin", with the "wiss" sounding exactly like the "whis" in 
"whiskers" or "whistle", by everybody I ever heard speak it. It wasn't 
until I found myself in "Floor - uh, duh" that I first heard someone say 
it "wi-sconsin", and that was a snowbird FROM Wisconsin - One who was in 
the process of making fun of a Floridian trying to say it - and 
repeatedly mangling it into something I can't even try to spell 
phonetically.

-- 
Brought to you by the letter K and the number .357
Security provided by Horace S. & Dan W.

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#452600

From"Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu>
Date2016-10-01 15:49 -0400
Message-ID<8hp9m7d3efo4$.ae94japiuupu.dlg@40tude.net>
In reply to#452578
On Sat, 1 Oct 2016 11:26:55 -0700 (PDT), Joe Bernstein
<joe@sfbooks.com> wrote
in<news:31df026d-488a-4882-8263-39553f507ec7@googlegroups.com>
in rec.arts.sf.written:

> On Friday, September 30, 2016 at 6:52:22 PM UTC-7, Brian
> M. Scott wrote:

>> And it’s easy not to be aware of some of the potential
>> problems.  A lot of people don’t know that it’s
>> Wi-sconsin, not Wis-consin, for instance.

> Really?  I guess I must be one of those people.  I think
> I can hear the difference, [...]

The difference is that the /k/ is aspirated in the latter
and not in the former.  It’s the difference between the /k/
in <can> (aspirated) and the /k/ in <scan> (not aspirated).

[...]

Brian
-- 
It was the neap tide, when the baga venture out of their
holes to root for sandtatties.  The waves whispered
rhythmically over the packed sand: haggisss, haggisss,
haggisss.

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#452629

Fromdjheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt)
Date2016-10-01 22:22 +0000
Message-ID<oEE3Gu.EBC@kithrup.com>
In reply to#452600
In article <8hp9m7d3efo4$.ae94japiuupu.dlg@40tude.net>,
Brian M. Scott <b.scott@csuohio.edu> wrote:
>On Sat, 1 Oct 2016 11:26:55 -0700 (PDT), Joe Bernstein
><joe@sfbooks.com> wrote
>in<news:31df026d-488a-4882-8263-39553f507ec7@googlegroups.com>
>in rec.arts.sf.written:
>
>> On Friday, September 30, 2016 at 6:52:22 PM UTC-7, Brian
>> M. Scott wrote:
>
>>> And it’s easy not to be aware of some of the potential
>>> problems.  A lot of people don’t know that it’s
>>> Wi-sconsin, not Wis-consin, for instance.
>
>> Really?  I guess I must be one of those people.  I think
>> I can hear the difference, [...]
>
>The difference is that the /k/ is aspirated in the latter
>and not in the former.  It’s the difference between the /k/
>in <can> (aspirated) and the /k/ in <scan> (not aspirated).

Oh.  Now I get it.

-- 
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com

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#452707

FromJoe Bernstein <joe@sfbooks.com>
Date2016-10-02 10:01 -0700
Message-ID<11932061-f803-48be-98a8-59def97dcd09@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#452600
On Saturday, October 1, 2016 at 12:49:09 PM UTC-7, Brian M. Scott 
wrote:

> On Sat, 1 Oct 2016 11:26:55 -0700 (PDT), Joe Bernstein
> <joe@sfbooks.com> wrote
> in<news:31df026d-488a-4882-8263-39553f507ec7@googlegroups.com>
> in rec.arts.sf.written:

> > On Friday, September 30, 2016 at 6:52:22 PM UTC-7, Brian
> > M. Scott wrote:

> >> And it’s easy not to be aware of some of the potential
> >> problems.  A lot of people don’t know that it’s
> >> Wi-sconsin, not Wis-consin, for instance.

> > Really?  I guess I must be one of those people.  I think
> > I can hear the difference, [...]

> The difference is that the /k/ is aspirated in the latter
> and not in the former.  It’s the difference between the /k/
> in <can> (aspirated) and the /k/ in <scan> (not aspirated).

Oh.  No, the aspiration would always be wrong; I just thought you 
meant the syllabication, which can go either way.  (Do you always 
aspirate the "c" in "constitution" and related words, for example?  
I'm pretty sure I don't.  With a different vowel, "conventional" I 
think usually doesn't get aspirated, and not just when preceded by 
"un".)

-- JLB

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#452713

From"Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu>
Date2016-10-02 14:25 -0400
Message-ID<jopc3mvpnqdu$.1wixje87sd8mu.dlg@40tude.net>
In reply to#452707
On Sun, 2 Oct 2016 10:01:23 -0700 (PDT), Joe Bernstein
<joe@sfbooks.com> wrote
in<news:11932061-f803-48be-98a8-59def97dcd09@googlegroups.com>
in rec.arts.sf.written:

[...]

> (Do you always aspirate the "c" in "constitution" and
> related words, for example? I'm pretty sure I don't. 

That would make you exceedingly unusual.  If you genuinely
didn’t aspirate it, most Americans would hear it as
<gonstitution>.

> With a different vowel, "conventional" I think usually
> doesn't get aspirated, and not just when preceded by
> "un".)

I strongly suspect that you aspirate all of those, albeit
perhaps weakly, and simply aren’t aware of it.

Brian
-- 
It was the neap tide, when the baga venture out of their
holes to root for sandtatties.  The waves whispered
rhythmically over the packed sand: haggisss, haggisss,
haggisss.

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#452746

Fromdjheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt)
Date2016-10-02 20:46 +0000
Message-ID<oEFtoz.1tv7@kithrup.com>
In reply to#452713
In article <jopc3mvpnqdu$.1wixje87sd8mu.dlg@40tude.net>,
Brian M. Scott <b.scott@csuohio.edu> wrote:
>On Sun, 2 Oct 2016 10:01:23 -0700 (PDT), Joe Bernstein
><joe@sfbooks.com> wrote
>in<news:11932061-f803-48be-98a8-59def97dcd09@googlegroups.com>
>in rec.arts.sf.written:
>
>[...]
>
>> (Do you always aspirate the "c" in "constitution" and
>> related words, for example? I'm pretty sure I don't. 
>
>That would make you exceedingly unusual.  If you genuinely
>didn’t aspirate it, most Americans would hear it as
><gonstitution>.
>
>> With a different vowel, "conventional" I think usually
>> doesn't get aspirated, and not just when preceded by
>> "un".)

/e holds hand in front of face, pronounces, notes aspiration

>I strongly suspect that you aspirate all of those, albeit
>perhaps weakly, and simply aren’t aware of it.

Yeah.  We don't *notice* the allophones of our phonemes; we think
of them as the same sound.

-- 
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com

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#452754

FromDavid Harmon <source@netcom.com>
Date2016-10-02 15:12 -0700
Message-ID<B4SdnXP-7drZG2zKnZ2dnUU7-Y3NnZ2d@earthlink.com>
In reply to#452504
On Fri, 30 Sep 2016 19:56:37 -0500 in rec.arts.sf.written,
Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> wrote,
>David Harmon <source@netcom.com> wrote in news:hvKdnZcQVJlDc3PKnZ2dnUU7-
>YudnZ2d@earthlink.com:
>
>> On Wed, 28 Sep 2016 14:15:44 -0700 in rec.arts.sf.written, Gene
>> Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> wrote,
>>>     It is the sort of thing that people can easily miss.  Do you
>>>*normally* consider how other people will pronounce something?
>> 
>> Yes obviously, if pronouncing that something is a big part of what you
>> hiring them for.
>
>That requires being (1) Aware that there are alternatives ('How many
>ways can you pronounce 'Houston'?, and (2) Aware that not everyone
>is aware of that fact.

It would only require that you listen to them read from the script they
are supposed to read and hear how well they do.

>

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#452335

Fromdjheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt)
Date2016-09-28 12:50 +0000
Message-ID<oE7szD.z4x@kithrup.com>
In reply to#452329
In article <nqimubh9ipji2nq3nkvrl1q93sklm0ll1j@reader80.eternal-september.org>,
Lawrence Watt-Evans  <lwe@sff.net> wrote:
>On Tue, 27 Sep 2016 17:31:41 -0500, David DeLaney
><daviddelaney@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>>On 2016-09-27, Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@sff.net> wrote:
>>> Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> wrote:
>>>> We always had fun mimicking "FAHL RivAH" and "Balmur, Murlan."
>>>
>>> Jack Chalker used to say he lived in Curl Canny Merlin -- i.e.,
>>> Carroll County, Maryland.
>>
>>And this is the South so it's less surprising, but there's a town not too
>>far south of me called Murravul, TinaSEE.
>
>I used to live in Kentucky.  To the west of us we had Versailles,
>pronounced "Vursails," and Louisville, pronounced "Looavul."
>
>I once got a phone call from a political campaign, on behalf of
>someone running for state office, and the person making the call
>pronounced the state's name "Mary Land."  You'd think they'd go to the
>trouble to make sure the phone bank person (who, from her accent, I
>suspect was in Detroit) knew how to pronounce the state she was
>calling.

And let's not forget New MAD-rid, Missouri, home of the fault....

My favorite Midwest Vowel Change story is about the Brit whose
name was Ian, and who came to Detroit and was told, "Why do you
have a woman's name?"  "Ian" was how they pronounced "Ann."

"Language drifts down time in a current of its own making."
--Edward Sapir

-- 
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com

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#452338

Fromscott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal)
Date2016-09-28 14:06 +0000
Message-ID<E7QGz.3000$6Y1.310@fx03.iad>
In reply to#452335
djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) writes:
>In article <nqimubh9ipji2nq3nkvrl1q93sklm0ll1j@reader80.eternal-september.org>,
>Lawrence Watt-Evans  <lwe@sff.net> wrote:
>>On Tue, 27 Sep 2016 17:31:41 -0500, David DeLaney
>><daviddelaney@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>>>On 2016-09-27, Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@sff.net> wrote:
>>>> Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> wrote:
>>>>> We always had fun mimicking "FAHL RivAH" and "Balmur, Murlan."
>>>>
>>>> Jack Chalker used to say he lived in Curl Canny Merlin -- i.e.,
>>>> Carroll County, Maryland.
>>>
>>>And this is the South so it's less surprising, but there's a town not too
>>>far south of me called Murravul, TinaSEE.
>>
>>I used to live in Kentucky.  To the west of us we had Versailles,
>>pronounced "Vursails," and Louisville, pronounced "Looavul."
>>
>>I once got a phone call from a political campaign, on behalf of
>>someone running for state office, and the person making the call
>>pronounced the state's name "Mary Land."  You'd think they'd go to the
>>trouble to make sure the phone bank person (who, from her accent, I
>>suspect was in Detroit) knew how to pronounce the state she was
>>calling.
>
>And let's not forget New MAD-rid, Missouri, home of the fault....
>

Or New Prayg (New Prague) in Minn.

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