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Sia

Monday, October 14, 2002 - 08:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks, Draheid, for answering. I am hoping to let my WinMedia music play and mute the Yahoo music because the songs attached to the e-mails is often cheesy and weird. On the other hand, I LIKE the music I have burned onto my hard-drive. LOL! I do end up muting or pausing my WinMedia usually and have checked preferences in the Yahoo! options, but haven't found anything helpful there yet.

Draheid

Monday, October 14, 2002 - 08:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Sia, what browser do you use? (What operating system too?)

Sia

Monday, October 14, 2002 - 08:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I am using WinXP home edition and IE (v. 6, I think). Thanks!

Draheid

Monday, October 14, 2002 - 08:55 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ok, try this: In IE, click on 'Tools' then 'Internet Options' then 'Advanced' tab. Scroll down until you see the option for 'Play Sounds In Web Pages' option and uncheck it: It should look like this:
options


See if that works.

Whoami

Monday, October 14, 2002 - 11:33 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Abby, re: Pronunciations.

I think we just like to confuse the heck out of the poor foreigners who hit our turf. Most of us pronounce the Kentucky Derby city as "Looie-ville." There's a town a couple of miles down the street from me here in CO that is spelled the same as that Kentucky city, but residents here are adamant it gets pronounced "Loois-ville."

Twinkie

Tuesday, October 15, 2002 - 03:57 am EditMoveDeleteIP
There's a town near Rochester, NY that is spelled Chili but is pronounced Ch-eye L-eye. So wrong. LOL

Grannyg

Tuesday, October 15, 2002 - 04:17 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Who, we also have a city in Mississippi that is spelled the same way, Louisville, that insist it be pronounced "Loois-ville". And we thought it was a red-neck thing!! LOL

Twinkie

Tuesday, October 15, 2002 - 04:29 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Grannyg, do you know of the small town of Sumner? I have relatives there. That is near my grandfather's farm i spent summers at. The farm was actually in Tutweiler.

Sia

Tuesday, October 15, 2002 - 04:33 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks, Draheid. I think that will fix it--until I want to hear something on a web-page! I am being picky, I realize, and I apologize for my finicky behavior; I just want to mute the silly songs a particular person attaches to his/her e-mails. They're usually loud and startle the heck outta me! clawingcat

Max

Tuesday, October 15, 2002 - 08:12 am EditMoveDeleteIP
As to pronunciation, here in Portland, this is a device we use to identify tourists and other non-native types. :)

For example:

Couch Street is pronounced Kooch Street
The Willamette River is wil-LAM-ette, not WILL-a-met
Lake Oswego is Lake oz-WE-go, not os-WAY-go
Tigard is TIE-gurd, not TIG-ard

The list goes on. Ain't the English language grand?!

Juju2bigdog

Tuesday, October 15, 2002 - 08:57 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Max, you forgot the most important one, ORE-uh-gun, not or-ee-GONE.

Draheid

Tuesday, October 15, 2002 - 09:28 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Ok, I have to say that I am having a rather disturbing case of DeJaVu (day jah voo) here. I remember a (near) record setting thread in the BB3 area that seemed to go on and on and on with the various inflections, articulations, and pronouncements of speach by assorted areas of the world. Perhaps this topic could occupy a thread of it's own? Maybe something on the order of 'How do YOU say..." ? Anyone interested?

Just a thought as I sit here contemplating my (semi-)world travels and the various dialects I have heard. Not to mention being in Texas where everything takes on a whole new 'twang' when spoken here.
texassmiley

Babyruth

Tuesday, October 15, 2002 - 11:25 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I used to live in Louisville, CO, Whoami! (back in the early 80's) And yes, everyone called it Louisss-ville ('cept stubborn little moi, who used the French pronounciation). I named my kitten Louie after the town name. He used to mosey one block down to the public library and hide in the petunia beds and meow at people for attention. Silly kitty. It was a great little town back then.

We have a town here in Michigan named Milan.
Guess how it's pronounced around here? MY-lan. Ugh...

Silksmoke

Tuesday, October 15, 2002 - 12:18 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
We have a street in our city called Reading road.
Most out of towners call it READing road, which certainly seems logical. Actually we locals know perfectly well it's pronounced REDDing road.

Also, a village in the suburbs is called Mariemont. Don't make the mistake of pronouncing it as it's spelled. It's pronounced MARYmont. lol

Grannyg

Tuesday, October 15, 2002 - 03:07 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Twig, I know both places well. We used to go down to Tutwiler to play basketball, in my youth, of course!! My son goes to college at Delta State which is in Cleveland and there is a wonderful restaurant in Merigold that we go to eat at called "Crawdads". All of those are within 30 to 45 minutes of Sumner/Tutwiler. And of course, within a stone's throw is Parchman. The state run prison. See all the wonderful places you can visit in Mississippi!!

Sia

Tuesday, October 15, 2002 - 03:31 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
In a city where we are sent to see medical specialists, there's a street spelled "Eoff," which you'd think sounds like "ee-off," but which is actually pronounced "Oaf" street. Go figure!

Another personal favorite: "Athens," pronounced like the city in Greece, but "New Athens" is said "New Ay-thins."

Heyltslori

Saturday, October 19, 2002 - 04:03 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I was eating cheese nips today in the shape of Sponge Bob and his friends....when suddenly I found myself feeling kinda bad about biting their little heads off. My question....Am I a weirdo? :)

Whoami

Saturday, October 19, 2002 - 04:13 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
No Lori, you're not a wierdo. When I eat cinnamon bears (or other critter shaped things), I bite off their heads quickly, so they won't feel anything else while I eat them. I also NEVER eat only one, cause I don't want the poor fella to be lonely in my tummy. I always have to eat at least two, so they have company in there. Of course, assuming I "end their lives" by eating them (thus biting the heads off quickly, before they feel pain), I'm not so sure why I'd be concerned if they are lonely in my tummy. I guess maybe they reassemble, and have a party in the digestive tract?

That was a habit I started in childhood, and continue on with today, out of habit and tradition.

So, if you're a wierdo, so am I!!!


..edited to say..."do I really want to hit the "post this message" button? Folks are soon to find out just how quirky I am!"

Draheid

Saturday, October 19, 2002 - 04:19 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Whoami & Heyltslori please head immediatetly to the Anxiety thread in the Community Corner. You both obviously have some concerns about your eating habits and I'm sure you can receive the needed support in there. Or you might just start out with the 'I Need A Hug' thread to let you know that it's ok. We understand and won't judge you for the way you are.

:O

Heyltslori

Saturday, October 19, 2002 - 04:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
ROFL Draheid... thank you for being so understanding! I have too much anxiety about visiting the anxiety thread...I like to give the impression that I'm low maintenance. However, I'll gladly take all the hugs I can get! :)

Wargod

Saturday, October 19, 2002 - 04:34 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hmmmm.....I used to give the excuse that I couldn't possibly eat my veggies since I was sure I'd be breaking up a family, LOL. That's one I hope my kids never hear about!!!!

<wargod waves to the other weirdos in the room>

Sia

Saturday, October 19, 2002 - 04:45 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Whoami, I'm ROTFL about hesitating to hit the post-button! You might not realize how many times I've asked myself the same thing!

Zachsmom

Saturday, October 19, 2002 - 04:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL..My niece who is eight is a vegitarian by choice..she won't eat anything that has a face!!! We don't know where she got this..both of her parents are big meat eaters..lol..

Sia

Saturday, October 19, 2002 - 04:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Zachsmom, guess that cute idea of making faces on her plate with vegetables would just not work with your niece, huh? Kind of freak her out, probably. My mother just has a FIT over the machinations I go through to try to entice my kids to eat. I've created some lovely veggie luncheons to try to tempt them--but it never works on my son!!

Sia

Saturday, October 19, 2002 - 05:06 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Zachsmom, you'd have to avoid this: platefaces
but these might be okay: veggieplate platehouse