thanks, Brian : ) someone was interested after all. Alandra, British Columbia, Canada, where we are having beautiful Fall weather, and no drooling cows in sight here, praise be : ) - but we saw on tv (CNN via dish) just now, this snorting bull running along an interstate highway somewhere in the USA for several miles, keeping up with huge "rigs" (tractor trailers), until he finally found his way off the freeway. At one point he spotted a man in a red shirt in a field beside the freeway, and made a quick diversion to knock the man over, but then returned to his jaunt down the freeway LOL. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian" <beejaycave@btinternet.com> To: <ENG-SOUTHAMPTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2004 1:07 AM Subject: Re: [ENG-SOU] MUSH > Dave wrote, "Alandra's note points out the problems of trying to demonstrate > pronunciation without access to (even with knowledge of) the phonetic > alphabet." > > Hi Dave, > > At first I couldn't see how this had anything to do with knowledge of, or > ignorance of, the phonetic alphabet. In fact I thought the word you were > looking for was phonemics. <grin> > > I had always thought that the phonetic alphabet was to enable clarity of, > for example, acronyms in speech. It has changed several times over the years > and over the organisation using it, but possibly the most common version now > starts Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta etc. > > However I see that there is a significant difference between 'phonetic > alphabet' and 'phonetic spelling' which is new to me - so learn something > new every day, eh?? :-) > > Regards > Brian > > Incoming mail is certified Virus Free > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com) > Version 6.0.766 Virus Database 513 - Release Date: 17/09/2004 > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

just "for the record", --- have just seen on tv news that the "bull on the freeway" episode happened in Texas someplace. Alandra please visit my photo "gallery" at http://www.thelensflare.com/u_alandrapal.php ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alandra" <alandra32@telus.net> To: <ENG-SOUTHAMPTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2004 11:56 AM Subject: Re: [ENG-SOU] MUSH > thanks, Brian : ) > someone was interested after all. > Alandra, British Columbia, Canada, where we are having beautiful Fall > weather, and no drooling cows in sight here, praise be : ) - but we saw > on tv (CNN via dish) just now, this snorting bull running along an > interstate highway somewhere in the USA for several miles, keeping up with > huge "rigs" (tractor trailers), until he finally found his way off the > freeway. At one point he spotted a man in a red shirt in a field beside the > freeway, and made a quick diversion to knock the man over, but then returned > to his jaunt down the freeway LOL. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brian" <beejaycave@btinternet.com> > To: <ENG-SOUTHAMPTON-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2004 1:07 AM > Subject: Re: [ENG-SOU] MUSH > > > > Dave wrote, "Alandra's note points out the problems of trying to > demonstrate > > pronunciation without access to (even with knowledge of) the phonetic > > alphabet." > > > > Hi Dave, > > > > At first I couldn't see how this had anything to do with knowledge of, or > > ignorance of, the phonetic alphabet. In fact I thought the word you were > > looking for was phonemics. <grin> > > > > I had always thought that the phonetic alphabet was to enable clarity of, > > for example, acronyms in speech. It has changed several times over the > years > > and over the organisation using it, but possibly the most common version > now > > starts Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta etc. > > > > However I see that there is a significant difference between 'phonetic > > alphabet' and 'phonetic spelling' which is new to me - so learn something > > new every day, eh?? :-) > > > > Regards > > Brian > > > > Incoming mail is certified Virus Free > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com) > > Version 6.0.766 Virus Database 513 - Release Date: 17/09/2004 > > > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > ============================== > You can manage your RootsWeb-Review subscription from > http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ > >