I have recorded an mp4 audio file of me saying "Ring o'Brodgar". It lasts about 5 sec and is 116K, I can send it to anyone who is interested. What are the list rules about attachments? Does anyone mind if I send this file to the list? Robert On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 09:48:01 -0800, Jim Thompson or Jean Swanson wrote: > > OK, Orcadians, please enlighten. Last week's Orcadian has an article on > how roadsigns around the Ring are being corrected to read Brodgar > instead of Brogar in order to reflect local pronunciation. Then the > article quotes two locals offering completely incompatible instructions > on how to pronounce the word. Can anyone clear this up? I've heard it > pronounced Brod-gar, Bro-gar, Brod-year, and as a rhyme for Lodger. > Thanks, > > Jim

I don't mind, myself Kathy --- robert@scarth.net wrote: > I have recorded an mp4 audio file of me saying "Ring > o'Brodgar". It lasts > about 5 sec and is 116K, I can send it to anyone who > is interested. > > What are the list rules about attachments? Does > anyone mind if I send this > file to the list? > > Robert > > > On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 09:48:01 -0800, Jim Thompson or > Jean Swanson wrote: > > > > > OK, Orcadians, please enlighten. Last week's > Orcadian has an article on > > how roadsigns around the Ring are being corrected > to read Brodgar > > instead of Brogar in order to reflect local > pronunciation. Then the > > article quotes two locals offering completely > incompatible instructions > > on how to pronounce the word. Can anyone clear > this up? I've heard it > > pronounced Brod-gar, Bro-gar, Brod-year, and as a > rhyme for Lodger. > > Thanks, > > > > Jim > > > ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send > an e-mail with the word > 'unsubscribe' in the message body to > orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/

robert@scarth.net wrote: > I have recorded an mp4 audio file of me saying "Ring o'Brodgar". It lasts > about 5 sec and is 116K, I can send it to anyone who is interested. > > What are the list rules about attachments? Does anyone mind if I send this > file to the list? > > Robert > > > On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 09:48:01 -0800, Jim Thompson or Jean Swanson wrote: > >> >> OK, Orcadians, please enlighten. Last week's Orcadian has an article on >> how roadsigns around the Ring are being corrected to read Brodgar >> instead of Brogar in order to reflect local pronunciation. Then the >> article quotes two locals offering completely incompatible instructions >> on how to pronounce the word. Can anyone clear this up? I've heard it >> pronounced Brod-gar, Bro-gar, Brod-year, and as a rhyme for Lodger. >> Thanks, >> >> Jim > > > ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with the word > 'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com Rootsweb won't accept the attachment, Robert. Brod-gar is the correct pronunciation, or what I was brought up to say :-) -- Mike Clouston