tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34420238.post4166451062926973607..comments2023-10-25T04:44:36.259-05:00Comments on The Cynical Dog: Seen But Not HeardJasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10417487829318519262noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34420238.post-67455942256566661762008-01-21T08:32:00.000-06:002008-01-21T08:32:00.000-06:00Dave-Those are valuable lessons to pass on to youn...Dave-<BR/>Those are valuable lessons to pass on to young Nick. When he begins to understand English, that is. And girls. Wait--that will never happen. Understanding English will have to do.<BR/><BR/>Sean-<BR/>That's my defense. I'll go back to the original and say I that since I stressed the appropriate syllable I pronounced a higher percentage of the word properly, since they got the phonemes all wrong as well as the stress. Hah! I mean--hah.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10417487829318519262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34420238.post-3241856885348492222008-01-21T07:35:00.000-06:002008-01-21T07:35:00.000-06:00Well, Jason, I took Koine Greek this summer and kn...Well, Jason, I took Koine Greek this summer and know that Greek, though a phonetic language, is not really all that precise in its pronunciation. Weird.<BR/>The Greek is Θερμοπύλαι (ther-moh-PY-lai) and though it does not have a pie in there, it doesn't have an accent on the MOP, either.<BR/>That's my story and I'm sticking to it.Baritonalityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15317566530313251072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34420238.post-47629185867003790922008-01-21T06:09:00.000-06:002008-01-21T06:09:00.000-06:00Jason, For me it was being ridiculed (by my father...Jason, <BR/><BR/>For me it was being ridiculed (by my father and a family friend no less) in 5th or 6th grade about aspiring (in a written document) to go to "collage". I believe that the witty retort was something about my sure desire to be an art major based on my spelling of college.<BR/><BR/>I think this contributes to my being a spelling nazi to this day. I remember dinging Michelle Pedersen for her horrible spelling. Of course, I should have been buttering her up instead, so that tells you something about my experience with the ladies too. I guess that is not a surprise. Hopefully, I have learned something in the last few decades, aside from the obvious (don't ridicule the spelling of the pretty girls ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com